חָמַשׁ (ḥāmaš) is a Hebrew verb meaning and he shall fifth. It appears 1 time in 1 book of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2567).

Also rendered

• to take the fifth part

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 686)

Root family 686: חָמַשׁ ḥāmaš — I, take one fifth. This denominative verb occurs only in the Piel (Gen 41:34)

• חָמֵשׁ ḥāmēš — five
• חֲמִשִּׁים ḥămiššîm — fifty
• חֲמִישִׁי ḥămîšî — fifth
• חֹמֶשׁ ḥōmeš — fifth part

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