שִׁשִּׁי H8345
Sixth (ordinal numeral indicating position in sequence); also one-sixth as a fractional measure.
The ordinal number sixth, marking position in sequences throughout the Hebrew Bible -- the sixth day of creation (Gen 1:31), the sixth son of a patriarch (Gen 30:19), and the sixth year of a king's reign. In Ezekiel's temple vision, the same form takes on a fractional meaning: one-sixth of a hin of oil or one-sixth of an ephah of grain (Ezek 4:11; 46:14). Translations across languages consistently render the ordinal: Spanish sexto, French sixième, German sechste. The fractional usage is rarer and specific to Ezekiel's precise cultic measurements.
Senses
1. sixth (ordinal number) — The ordinal numeral 'sixth,' marking sequential position in lists of days, months, years, persons, or groups. Used for the sixth day of creation when God completed his work and pronounced it very good (Gen 1:31), the sixth son Naphtali (Gen 30:19), and the sixth month or year in various chronological references (Ezek 8:1). Multilingual glosses are uniformly ordinal: Spanish sexto, French sixième, German sechste. 25×
AR["السَّادِس", "السَّادِسَةُ", "السَّادِسَةِ", "السَّادِسُ", "السَّادِسِ", "الـ-سادِس", "الـ-سادِسَةِ", "الْـسَّادِسِ", "في-السادِسِ"]·ben["-ষষ্ঠ", "ষষ্ঠ", "ষষ্ঠ-মাসে", "ষষ্ঠ;", "ষষ্ঠের", "হা-শিশশি"]·DE["[הששי]", "der-Sechste", "der-sechste", "der-sechster", "in-sechster", "sechster"]·EN["The-sixth", "in-the-sixth", "the-sixth"]·FR["dans-sixième", "der-sixième", "le-sixième", "sixième"]·heb["ב-שישי", "ה-שישי", "ה-שישית", "ה-ששי", "ה-ששית"]·HI["-के-छठा", "-के-छठे", "-छठवां", "-छठवीं", "छठवाँ", "छठवां", "छठवें", "छठवें-ने", "छठा", "छठे", "छठे-के", "में-छठवें"]·ID["-keenam", "keenam", "pada-bulan-keenam", "yang-keenam"]·IT["il-sesto", "sesto"]·jav["Ingkang-kaping-enem", "ing-kaping-nem", "ingkang-kaping-enem", "ingkang-kaping-nem", "ingkang-kaping-nenem", "kang-kaping-nem", "kaping-enem", "kaping-nem"]·KO["그-여섯째", "그-여섯째에", "그-여섯째의", "여섯째", "여섯째-의", "여섯째는"]·PT["O-sexto", "a-sexta", "no-sexto", "o-sexto", "o-sexto,"]·RU["-шестой", "в-шестом", "шестого", "шестой", "шестом"]·ES["El-sexto", "el-sexto", "en-el-sexto", "la-sexta", "sexto"]·SW["-wa-sita", "katika-mwezi-wa-sita", "wa-sita", "ya-sita"]·TR["-altıncı", "Altıncı", "altıncı", "altıncı-", "altıncı-da", "altıncının", "altıncısı"]·urd["چھٹا", "چھٹا-کا", "چھٹواں", "چھٹویں", "چھٹے", "چھٹے-مہینے-میں", "ہ-چھٹا"]
Gen 1:31, Gen 30:19, Exod 16:5, Exod 16:22, Exod 16:29, Exod 26:9, Lev 25:21, Num 7:42, Num 29:29, Josh 19:32, 2 Sam 3:5, 1 Chr 2:15 (+13 more)
2. sixth part, one-sixth (fraction) — A fractional quantity meaning one-sixth of a unit of measure, used exclusively in Ezekiel's priestly legislation for offerings and provisions. The sixth part of a hin of wine (Ezek 4:11) and the sixth of an ephah of grain (Ezek 45:13; 46:14) employ this partitive construction. Spanish sexta parte de and English 'sixth of' both signal the shift from ordinal position to measured proportion. 3×
AR["سُدْسَ", "سُدْسُ"]·ben["ছয়-ভাগের-এক-ভাগ", "ষষ্ঠাংশ"]·DE["sechster"]·EN["sixth-of"]·FR["sixième"]·heb["שישית"]·HI["छठवाँ", "छठवाँ-भाग", "छठा"]·ID["seperenam"]·IT["sesto"]·jav["saperenem", "sapranem"]·KO["육분의-일", "육분의-일의"]·PT["sexta-parte-de", "sexto-de"]·RU["шестая", "шестую", "шестую-часть"]·ES["sexta-de", "sexta-parte-de"]·SW["sehemu-ya-sita", "sehemu-ya-sita-ya"]·TR["altıda-bir", "altıda-birini"]·urd["چھٹا", "چھٹا-حصہ"]
Related Senses
H3605 1. all, every, whole (5352×)H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H0259 1. one (cardinal numeral) (940×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)H8147 1. cardinal number two (666×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
שִׁשִּׁי m.22 שִׁשִׁית f.6 adj.num. ordin. sixth;—(הַ)יוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁי Gn 1:31 + 5 times, etc.; בַּשָּׁנָה הַשִּׁשִּׁית Lv 25:21 Ez 8:1, etc.; cstr. שִׁשִּׁית הַהִין Ez 4:11 6th part of the hin, cf. 45:13; 46:14; read שׁ׳ also 45:13b (v. [שִׁשָּׁה] infra).