חָמַשׁ châmash — to tax a fifth
Translated in the KJV as take up the fifth participle.
a denominative from H2568; to tax a fifth.
châmash in each stem
Pi'el
Intensive · active — the action intensified, repeated or brought about; the subject does it
Sequential perfect (weqatal) 1
וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ Gen 41:34 Sequential perfect (weqatal), 3rd person masculine singular
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›