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hebrew #2567 - חָמַשׁ chamash (to take the fifth part)


Original Word:חָמַשׁ
Transliteration: chamash
Definition:to take the fifth part
Part of Speech:Verb
Phonetic Spelling:(khaw-mash')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

take up the fifth participle

A denominative from chamesh; to tax a fifth -- take up the fifth participle

see HEBREW chamesh


Englishman's Concordance

1) to arrange in multiples of five, take one fifth
1a) (Piel) to take one fifth, tax a fifth of
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a denominative from H2568
Same Word by TWOT Number: 686

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. [חמשׁ] verb denominative only

Pi`elוְחִמֵּשׁ אֶתֿאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִםGenesis 41:34 (E) and he shall fifth (take the fifth part of) the land of Egypt, i.e. the fifth part of the produce (compare Arabic take a fifth part; Ethiopic 1. 2 quinque facere).


Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2567. חִמֵּשׁ (chamash) — 1 Occurrence

Genesis 41:34
HEB:עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־ אֶ֣רֶץ
NAS: of the land, and let him exact a fifth [of the produce] of the land
KJV: over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land
INT: charge of the land exact the land of Egypt

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