The first occurrence.

And there was evening and there was morning, a fifth day. Gen 1:23

The primitive root.

Strong’s H2549 חמישי chamiyshiy; an adjective meaning “fifth,” the ordinal of Strong’s H2568 חמש chamesh; a primitive cardinal number meaning “five.”

chet ח = wall, thus outside, divide, half
mem מ ם = water, thus chaos, mighty, blood
shin ש = two front teeth, thus sharp, press, eat, two, again

The cognate words will help us find the story. They are ‘fingers,’ ‘to grab,’ ‘to touch,’ ‘to hold:’ Fingers are divided (chet) from the might (mem) of the hand multiple times (shin); the fingers of the hand number five.

INDEX OF HEBREW ROOTS

The first occurrence.

And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that creeps, with which the waters swarmed, with regard to their kinds, and every winged creature with regard to its kind; and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:21

The primitive root.

Strong’s H3671 כנף kanaph, a concrete object meaning “wing;” from Strong’s H3670 כנף kanaph, a primitive root meaning, “to project laterally.”

kaph כ ך = open palm, thus bend, open, allow, tame
nun נ ן = seed, thus continue, heir, son
pey פ ף = mouth, thus open, blow, scatter, edge

The story: The opening of the wing covers (kaph, in the sense of the father’s open palm covering the head of his son when conferring the blessing) the offspring (nun) with open mouths (pey), i.e., baby birds.

INDEX OF HEBREW ROOTS

The first occurrence.

And God created the great sea creatures, and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarmed, with regard to their kinds, and every winged creature with regard to its kind; and God saw that it was good. Gen 1:21

The primitive root.

Strong’s H7430 רמש ramash, a primitive root meaning, “to creep.” The 3-letter root is resh + mem + shin, but according to the Ancient Hebrew Lexicon, the shin was transposed from an original sin.

resh ר = head of man, thus head, first, top, beginning, man
mem מ ם = water, thus chaos, mighty, blood
sin ס = thorn, thus grab, hate, protect

The story: The heads of every living thing (resh; we still say, “heads of cattle” when speaking of the herd), when moving together as the waves of the sea (mem) tramples underfoot as thorns trample the earth (sin).

INDEX OF HEBREW ROOTS