Lexicon chamash: to take the fifth part Original Word: חִמֵּשׁPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: chamash Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mash') Short Definition: fifth NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from chameshDefinitionto take the fifth part NASB Translationexact a fifth (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs II. [ חמשׁ] verb denominative only Pi`el וְחִמֵּשׁ אֶתֿ אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם Genesis 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).
Strong's take up the fifth participle A denominative from chamesh; to tax a fifth -- take up the fifth participle see HEBREW chamesh |
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