חָמֵשׁ (ḥāmēš) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning five. It appears
345 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2568).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 686a)
Range of meaning (TWOT 686a)five; fif, fifteen, fifth
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
חָמֵשׁnoun, masculine: five
חֲמִשָּׁה 342 noun, masculine and feminine five
Strong's H2568חָמֵשׁ: five KJV:fif(-teen), fifth, five (× apiece).
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: חָמַשׁḥāmaš — the land of Egypt; tax a fifth; take up the fifth participle