חֲמִישִׁי (ḥămîšî) is a Hebrew adjective meaning fifth. It appears 45 times in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2549).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 686d)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֲמִישִׁי masculine: fifth

חֲמִישִׁית feminine, adjective, numeral, fifth

Strong's H2549 חֲמִישִׁי: fifth; also a fifth
KJV:fifth (part).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 686: חָמַשׁ ḥāmaš — the land of Egypt; tax a fifth; take up the fifth participle

• חָמֵשׁ ḥāmēš — five
• חֲמִשִּׁים ḥămiššîm — fifty
• חָמַשׁ ḥāmaš — and he shall fifth
• חֹמֶשׁ ḥōmeš — fifth part

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