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# fifth

«fifth» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **number 5 in order** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, noun (fifth, 5th; a fifth, fifths)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Fifth means number 5 in order. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#m1)

2) A fifth is one of 5 equal parts, written 1/5. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#m2)

3) Fifth grade (in the USA) is the school year for children about 10 to 11 years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: a place in order (4 come before), or the fraction 1/5 (divide by 5); 2/5 means two of those parts; school: fifth grade; everyday life: the fifth floor; music: a fifth is a kind of gap between notes

### examples

- And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. (Torah GEN.1.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x1)
- And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son. (Torah GEN.30.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x2)
- On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon: (Torah NUM.7.36, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x3)
- Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth; (Writings 1CH.2.14, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x4)
- Mashmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth; (Writings 1CH.12.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x5)
- Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. (Writings 1CH.8.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x6)
- She finished fifth in the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x7)
- One fifth of 20 is 4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x8)
- He is in fifth grade. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x9)
- Two fifths of the class are boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x10)
- We live on the fifth floor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x11)
- Today is the fifth day of camp. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x12)
- Cut the cake into fifths. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x13)
- Sleep sweetly, sleep sweetly, it is your three-hundred-and-sixty-fifth night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/#x14)

### note

As a fraction: divide by 5. As order: 4 come before. Trap: «a fifth of» is a part, not 5. Say the «fth» clearly: fifth.

### In the corpora

- [And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.24/)
- [And God hearkened unto Leah, and she conceived, and bore Jacob a fifth son.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.904/)
- [But if he will indeed redeem it, then he shall add the fifth part thereof unto thy valuation.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.847/)
- [And if a man will redeem aught of his tithe, he shall add unto it the fifth part thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.865/)
- [On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.287/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «fifth» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/fifth/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.