STRONGS NUMBER H8337

H8337. shesh

שִׁשָּׁה שֵׁשׁ,‎₂₁₆

noun masculine and feminine six; — masculine שֵׁשׁ‎ (c. noun feminine) Genesis 31:41 120t.; feminine שִׁשָּׁה‎ (with

noun masculine) Genesis 30:20 39t.; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת‎ Exodus 23:12 30t. (6 1016are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P):

1 no other number:

a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g. שָׁנִים שֵׁשׁ‎ Exodus 21:2 (E) + 11 t., אַמּוֺת שֵׁשׁ‎ 1 Samuel 17:4 8t.; בָּאַמָּה שֵׁשׁ‎ 1 Kings 6:6; בָּנִים שִׁשָּׁה‎ Genesis 30:20 (E) + 2 t.; יָמִים שֵׁשֶׁת‎ Exodus 23:12 (E) + 14 t.; after noun (late) 28:2; Joshua 15:59, 62 (all P), 1 Chronicles 4:27; 26:17; Nehemiah 5:18; rarely noun omitted Leviticus 24:6 (P) + (distributive 2 Samuel 21:20 = 1 Chronicles 20:6).

b. = ordinal לְחִזְק שֵׁשׁ ׳שְׁנַת‎ 2 Kings 18:10 (Ges^{§ 134o}).

2 16, c

noun feminine: עֶשְׂרֵה שֵׁשׁ‎, before נָ֑פֶשׁ‎ Genesis 46:18 (P), שָׁנָה‎ 2 Kings 13:10 9t., בָּנוֺת‎2 Chronicles 13:21; after עָרִים‎ Joshua 15:41; 19:22 (P); with

noun masculine עָשָׂר שִׁשָּׁה‎, before אֲדָנִים‎ Exodus 26:25; 36:30 (P), also אֶלֶף‎, 1000, Numbers 31:40 + (P); after בָּנִים‎ 1 Chronicles 4:27, etc.; = ordinal 16th 24:14; 25:23 +, שׁ ׳יוֺם ׳ע‎2 Chronicles 29:27.

3600= מֵאוֺת שֵׁשׁ‎, Genesis 7:6 (P) + 63 t.; 6000 = אֲלָפִים שֵׁשֶׁת‎ Numbers 3:34 (P) + 8 t.; ׳שׁ אֶלֶף‎ Judges 20:15 2t.

4 c. tens, ׳שׁ‎ following Genesis 46:26 13t., precedes Numbers 31:44 (P).

5 ׳שׁ‎ as round number, אוֺשֿׁ ׳חָמֵשׁ‎ 2 Kings 13:19, compare Job 5:19; Proverbs 6:16.

שׁדת‎ (√ of following; Biblical Hebrew שֵׁשׁ שׁדשׁ,‎).