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title: חָמַשׁ — and he shall fifth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָמַשׁ (2567), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: and he shall fifth. BDB 1906: vb.denom. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָמַשׁ

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«חָמַשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **and he shall fifth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2567 · **BDB:** חמשׁ²

### Glosses

he.will.take.a.fifth.of (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

and he shall fifth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2567/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb.denom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2567/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָמַשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2567/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 41:34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.41.34/)

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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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