חמשא

חמשא

Aramaic

Aramaic cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : חמשא (ḥamša)     Ordinal : חמישי‎ (ḥămišai)

Numeral

חמשא • (ḥamša) m (f חמיש‎)

1. five (5)
   • a. 500 C.E., Babylonian Talmud, Shabbat 87b:

     ‏מִדַּחֲמֵיסַר בְּנִיסָן חַמְשָׁא בְּשַׁבָּא, רֵישׁ יַרְחָא דְאִיָּיר שַׁבְּתָא, וְרֵישׁ יַרְחָא דְסִיוָן חַד בְּשַׁבָּת, קַשְׁיָא לְרַבָּנַן!‎‎

     Mi-da-ḥǎmēsar bə-Nisån ḥamšå bə-šabtå, rēš yarḥå dhə-Siwwån ḥad bə-šabbåt, qašyå lə-rabånan!

     From the fifteeth of Nisan being day five of the week, the first day of Iyyar was Sabbath, and the first day of Sivan was day one of the week — this is difficult according to the rabbis!