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title: חֹמֶשׁ — fifth part · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹמֶשׁ (2569), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: fifth part. BDB 1906: fifth part. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹמֶשׁ

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«חֹמֶשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fifth part** — 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:** 2569 · **BDB:** חֹ֫מֶשׁ

### Glosses

part (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fifth part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2569/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fifth part [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2569/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fifth part—only לְפַרְעֹה לַחֹמֶשׁ Gn 47:26, but connex. with preceding awkward; read perhaps הַחֹמֶשׁ (𝔖), or לְחַמֵּשׁ 𝔊, v. Di.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (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 «חֹמֶשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2569/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 47:26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.47.26/)

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וַיָּ֣שֶׂם אֹתָ֣הּ יוֹסֵ֡ף לְחֹק֩ עַד־הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֜ה עַל־אַדְמַ֥ת מִצְרַ֛יִם לְפַרְעֹ֖ה לַחֹ֑מֶשׁ רַ֞ק אַדְמַ֤ת הַכֹּֽהֲנִים֙ לְבַדָּ֔ם לֹ֥א הָיְתָ֖ה לְפַרְעֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* and he.established it Joseph to a.statute until the day (the) this on the.land of.Egypt \[belongs\].to Pharaoh to the.fifth part only the.land of the.priests theirs alone not it.belonged to Pharaoh

*JPS 1917:* And Joseph made it a statute concerning the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth; only the land of the priests alone became not Pharaoh's.

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