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title: שִׁשִּׁי — sixth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שִׁשִּׁי (8345), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 28 times: sixth. BDB 1906: adj.num. ordin. sixth. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שִׁשִּׁי

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«שִׁשִּׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sixth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 28 times · **Key:** 8345 · **BDB:** שִׁשִּׁי

### Glosses

sixth (23); (the).sixth (2); \[month\] (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sixth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8345/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj.num. ordin. sixth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8345/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 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).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (15 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (11 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שִׁשִּׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8345/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 2:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.15/)

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אֹ֚צֶם הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י דָּוִ֖יד הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Ozem \[was\].the sixth David \[was\].the seventh

*JPS 1917:* Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

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[1 Chronicles 12:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.12.12/)

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עַתַּי֙ הַשִּׁשִּׁ֔י אֱלִיאֵ֖ל הַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃

*Word for word:* Attai \[was\].the sixth Eliel \[was\].the seventh

*JPS 1917:* Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh;

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