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חָמַס — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: חָמַס

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חָמַס

ḥāmas

treat violently

[חָמַס] vb. treat violently, wrong

Qal treat violently, wrong

1. of physical wrong

2. of ethical wrong

3. both physical and ethical

Niph. thy heels suffer violence

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.