שִׁשִּׁי H8345
sixth (ordinal number); sixth part, one-sixth (fraction)
1. sixth (ordinal number) — The ordinal numeral 'sixth,' indicating position in a sequence, used for days, months, years, sons, captains, and other ordered lists. The multilingual glosses are consistently ordinal: eng 'the sixth / sixth', spa 'el sexto / la sexta / sexto', arb السَّادِسُ / السَّادِسَةَ (al-sadisu/al-sadisata, masc/fem), hin छठवें / छठवीं / छठा (chhaTven/chhaTviin/chhaTa), kor 그 여섯째 / 여섯째 / 그 여섯 번째, swa wa sita / ya sita / ha sita. Both masculine and feminine forms across S144238, S144241, and S144244 express ordinal position. 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)
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Senses
2. sixth part, one-sixth (fraction) — A fractional quantity meaning one-sixth of a whole, used in Ezekiel for measurements of offerings (hin, ephah). Distinguished from the ordinal by the partitive construct: eng 'sixth of', spa 'sexta parte de' (explicitly adding 'parte'), arb سُدْسَ / سُدْسُ (sudsa, the specific Arabic fractional noun distinct from the ordinal سَادِس), hin छठवाँ भाग (chhaTvaan bhaag, 'sixth portion'), kor 육분의 일 (yukbun-ui il, 'one of six parts'), swa sehemu ya sita ya ('portion of sixth of'). The Arabic and Korean forms especially confirm a genuine fractional sense. 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"]
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).