Strong's Definition
a denominative from 2568; to tax a fifth
KJV Usage: take up the fifth participle
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָמַשׁ (cha.mash) — to take the fifth part. 1) to arrange in multiples of five, take one fifth 1a) (Piel) to take one fifth, tax a fifth of
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָמֵשׁ
Non-Whole | verb qal
to be in battle array meaning unsure; possibly: = action by which groups of humans divide themselves into five groups ► in order to be able to defend themselves effectively against the enemy
Non-Whole | verb pi
to take the fifth part = causative action by which humans divide an object into five parts and take one part
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[חמשׁ] vb. denom. only Pi. Gn 41:34 (E) and he shall fifth (take the fifth part of) the land of Egypt ref