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חֹמֶשׁ

cho.mesh

fifth

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Strong’s H2569Noun, masculine1 time in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

fifth part1

In the text

Genesis 47:26לַחֹמֶשׁ
So Joseph established a law that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh, and it is in effect in the land of Egypt to this day. Only the priests’ land does not belong to Pharaoh.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חֹ֫מֶשׁ n.[m.] fifth part—only Gn 47:26

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.