BDB8488
שֵׁשׁ, שִׁשָּׁה216 noun masculine and feminine six; — masculine שֵׁשׁ (c. noun feminine) Gen 31:41 + 120 t.; feminine שִׁשָּׁה (with noun masculine) Gen 30:20 + 39 t.; construct שֵׁ֫שֶׁת Exod 23:12 + 30 t. (6 + 10 = 16 are additional); — six (Hexateuch chiefly P ):
1. no other number:
a. before plural noun 75 t.: e.g.
שֵׁשׁ שָׁנִים
Exod 21:2 (
E
) + 11 t., שֵׁשׁ אַמּוֺת
1Sam 17:4 + 8
t.;
שֵׁשׁ בָּאַמָּה
1Kgs 6:6
שִׁשָּׁה בָּנִים
Gen 30:20 (
E
) + 2 t.; שֵׁשֶׁת יָמִים
Exod 23:12
(
E
) + 14 t.; after noun (late) Exod 28:2; Josh 15:59; Josh 15:62 (all
P
), 1Chr
4:27
; 1Chr
26:17
; Neh 5:18
rarely noun omitted
Lev
24:6 (
P
) + (distributive 2Sam 21:20 = 1Chr 20:6).
b. = ordinal ׳
שְׁנַת שֵׁשׁ לְחִזְק
2Kgs 18:10
(
Ges«GKC:134o»§ 134o).
2. 16, with noun feminine: שֵׁשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה, before נָ֑פֶשׁ
Gen 46:18 (
P
), שָׁנָה
2Kgs 13:10 +
9 t., בָּנוֺת
2Chr 13:21
after עָרִים
Josh 15:41;
Josh 19:22 (
P
); with noun masculine
שִׁשָּׁה עָשָׂר, before אֲדָנִים
Exod 26:25;
Exod 36:30 (
P
), also אֶלֶף, 1000, Num 31:40 + (
P
); after בָּנִים
1Chr 4:27, etc.;
= ordinal 16th
1Chr 24:14;
1Chr 25:23 +,
׳
ע
׳
יוֺם שׁ
2Chr 29:27.
3. 600 = שֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת, Gen 7:6 (
P
) + 63 t.; 6000 = שֵׁשֶׁת אֲלָפִים
Num 3:34 (
P
) + 8 t.; אֶלֶף
׳
שׁ
Judg 20:15 + 2
t.
4. with tens, ׳
שׁ following Gen 46:26 + 13 t., precedes Num 31:44 (
P
).
5.
׳
שׁ as round number, ׳
חָמֵשׁ אוֺשֿׁ
2Kgs 13:19,
compare Job 5:19;
Prov 6:16.