ḫamšat

Akkadian

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Cardinal: ḫamšat     Ordinal: ḫamšum     Multiplier: ḫamšīšu     Fractional: ḫamuštum

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ḫamš- (“five”). Cognate with Arabic خَمْسَة (ḵamsa) and Biblical Hebrew חֲמִשָּׁה (ḥămiššɔ).

Pronunciation

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /ˈχam.ʃat/

Numeral

ḫamšat m (feminine absolute ḫamiš, masculine free form ḫamištum, feminine free form ḫamšum)

1. five, 5

   𒄿𒈾 𒈨𒌈 𒐊 ― i-na me-tum IA₂ /ina mêtum ḫamšat/ ― five per cent (literally, “five in a hundred”)

Alternative forms

• ḫaššat (Old Assyrian)
• ḫamšet (Old Babylonian)
• ḫanšat, ḫamišti (Standard Babylonian)
• ḫamilti, ḫamultu (Neo-Babylonian)

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒐊 (IA₂)	𒄩𒄠𒊭𒀜 (ḫa-am-ša-at) 𒄩𒈪𒅖 (ḫa-mi-iš) (f)

References

• “ḫamiš”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011