Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #2571 - חָמֻשׁ chamushim (in battle array)

Original Word:	חָמֻשׁ
Transliteration:	chamushim
Definition:	in battle array
Part of Speech:	Adjective
Phonetic Spelling:	(khaw-moosh')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

armed men, harnessed

Passive participle of the same as chomesh; staunch, i.e. Able-bodied soldiers -- armed (men), harnessed.

see HEBREW chomesh

Englishman's Concordance

1) in battle array, arrayed for battle by fives, armed
Part of Speech: adjective
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: passive participle of the same as H2570
Same Word by TWOT Number: 688a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֲמֻשִׁיםadjective pluralin battle array, always this form, Exodus 13:18 (E), Joshua 1:14; Joshua 4:12 (both D), Judges 7:11 + Numbers 32:17 (JE), see חושׁ.

חמת (√ of following; meaning unknown; Mv and others, very improbably, from Arabic grow rancid, putrid; see on formation, Lag^{BN 154}).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 2571. חֲמֻשִׁים (chamushim) — 4 Occurrences

Exodus 13:18
HEB:יַם־ ס֑וּף וַחֲמֻשִׁ֛ים עָל֥וּ בְנֵי־
NAS: went up in martial array from the land
KJV: went up harnessed out of the land
INT: Sea of the Red martial went and the sons

Joshua 1:14
HEB:וְאַתֶּם֩ תַּעַבְר֨וּ חֲמֻשִׁ֜ים לִפְנֵ֣י אֲחֵיכֶ֗ם
NAS: your brothers in battle array, all
KJV: your brethren armed, all the mighty
INT: you shall cross battle before your brothers

Joshua 4:12
HEB:שֵׁ֤בֶט הַֽמְנַשֶּׁה֙ חֲמֻשִׁ֔ים לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י
NAS: crossed over in battle array before
KJV: passed over armed before
INT: the tribe of Manasseh battle before the sons

Judges 7:11
HEB:אֶל־ קְצֵ֥ה הַחֲמֻשִׁ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּֽמַּחֲנֶֽה׃
NAS: to the outposts of the army that was in the camp.
KJV: unto the outside of the armed men that [were] in the host.
INT: to the outposts of the army that was camp

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