# חֹמֶשׁ (chomesh)

Israeli respelling: cho-mesh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2569. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

a fifth tax

King James renderings: 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/chomesh-h2569

## Occurrences

- [Genesis 47:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/47/26) — And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only…