Khamesh (חמש) means five in Hebrew.
It is a word, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
חָמֵשׁ
khamesh
word
In English
five
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Khamesh.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1המספר העוקב לארבע.
כִּי־זֶה שְׁנָתַיִם הָרָעָב בְּקֶרֶב הָאָרֶץ; וְעוֹד חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים אֲשֶׁר אֵין־חָרִישׁ וְקָצִיר.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Khamesh is a word.
- Written with vowel points
- חָמֵשׁ
- Written without vowel points
- חמש
- Said
- khamesh
- Root
- ח־מ־ש
- Pattern
- קָטֵל
- Inflections
- ז' חֲמִשָּׁה, חֲמֵשֶׁת־; חֲמֵשׁ־
- Gematria
- 348
This is how Khamesh is said in other languages.
- English
- five
- Arabic
- خَمْسَة
- Russian
- пять
- French
- cinq
- Spanish
- cinco
- German
- fünf
- Yiddish
- פֿינף
These words rhyme with Khamesh.
The word Khamesh comes from the root ח־מ־ש, like these words.
These words come before and after Khamesh in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Khamesh.
What does Khamesh (חמש) mean in Hebrew?
Khamesh (חמש) means five. It is said khamesh, with the stress on mesh.
What rhymes with Khamesh (חמש)?
Words that rhyme with Khamesh (חמש) include אש, יבש, טיפש, מפרש, שש, and מוקש.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry חמש of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.