חָמַשׁ
Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2567
Meaning
OpenScriptures lexical index
and he shall fifth tree →
Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906
חמשׁ²: vb.denom. tree →
The whole BDB entry
vb.denom. only וְחִמֵּשׁ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם Gn 41:34 (E) and he shall fifth (take the fifth part of) the land of Egypt, i.e. the fifth part of the produce (cf. Arabic خَمَسَ take a fifth part; Ethiopic ኀመሰ 1. 2 quinque facere).
Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)
Glosses
MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: he will take a fifth of (1).
In the verses
יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה פַרְעֹ֔ה וְיַפְקֵ֥ד פְּקִדִ֖ים עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֥י הַשָּׂבָֽע׃
Word for word: let.him.act Pharaoh and let.him.appoint overseers over the land and he.will.take.a.fifth.of (et) the.land of.Egypt in seven the.years of.(the) plenty
JPS 1917: Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint overseers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven years of plenty.
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