Lexicon chamash: To arm, to equip Original Word: חָמַשׁ Strong's Exhaustive Concordance take up the fifth participle A denominative from chamesh; to tax a fifth -- take up the fifth participle see HEBREW chamesh NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origindenominative verb from chamesh Definition to take the fifth part NASB Translation exact 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 Forms and Transliterations וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ וחמש vechimMesh wə·ḥim·mêš wəḥimmêšLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 41:34 HEB: עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־ אֶ֣רֶץ NAS: of the land, and let him exact a fifth [of the produce] of the land KJV: over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land INT: charge of the land exact the land of Egypt 1 Occurrence |
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take a fifth part; Ethiopic 
1. 2 quinque facere).