חָמַשׁ châmash — to tax a fifth

pronounced khaw-mash' · Strong's H2567 · 1 occurrence in the Hebrew Bible · 1 stem: Pi'el

Translated in the KJV as take up the fifth participle.

a denominative from H2568; to tax a fifth.

châmash in each stem

Pi'el 1×

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. (KJV)

What the stems mean

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Morphology from OpenScriptures MorphHB (CC BY 4.0); definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); text from the Westminster Leningrad Codex.

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