# חָמַשׁ (chamash)

Israeli respelling: cha-mash. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2567. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

to tax a fifth

King James renderings: take up the fifth participle

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chamash-h2567

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 41:34](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/41/34) — 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 yea…