Lexicon
שִׁשִּׁים
shish.shim
H8346
H:N Hebrew

sixty

59
Occurrences
17
Books
Hebrew
Language

shish.shim marks a cardinal quantity used within ages, censuses, measurements, and combined numerical totals.

The supplied verses show a cardinal number used as a component of stated quantities: ages and periods, population and family totals, city counts, dimensions, and larger combined figures. Its form is consistently tagged as a cardinal adjective in the plural absolute.

Senses in use

  1. Cardinal quantity in numerical statements · dominant

    The form specifies a numerical component in diverse count statements: in Genesis 25:26 the APB renders Isaac's age as "sixty years old," while in Numbers 26:27 it occurs in a tribal total rendered "sixty thousand five hundred." It also appears with counted cities in Deuteronomy 3:4, with the length of a building in 1 Kings 6:2, and with a sequence of weeks in Daniel 9:25.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the numerical statement directly, including "sixty years old" in Genesis 25:26, "sixty cities" in Deuteronomy 3:4, and "sixty cubits" in 1 Kings 6:2. In combined figures it incorporates the quantity into larger expressions such as "sixty thousand five hundred" in Numbers 26:27.

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