חוֹמֶשׁ m. (b. h. חֹמֶשׁ; חמש) 1) one fifth, esp. one fifth of the value to be added as fine on restoring misappropriated property or redeeming dedicated property (Lev. V, 16; 24; XXVII, 27). B. Kam. IX, 6. B. Mets. 54ᵃ חוֹמְשׁוֹ של קרן the fifth part of the principal (assessed value), i.e. one plus one fifth, v. next w.; a. fr. —2) Ḥomesh, one of the five books of Moses, also one of the five books of Psalms. Sot. 36ᵇ ח׳ הפיקודים the Book of Numbers; ח׳ שני the Book of Exodus; a. fr.—Pl. חוֹמָשִׁים, חוֹמָשִׁין. B. Mets. VI, 8 חמשה ח׳ הן there are five things to which the law ordaining the addition of one fifth applies.—Ḥag. 14ᵃ חמשה חוֹמְשֵׁי תורה the five books of the Law. Y. Meg. III, 74ᵃ top ח׳ single parts of the Pentateuch. Kidd. 33ᵃ שני ח׳ two books of the Psalms.
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חוֹמֶשׁ m. (b. h. חֹמֶשׁ ; חמש ) 1) one fifth , esp. one fifth of the value to be added as fine on restoring misappropriated property or redeeming…
References
- Jastrow, חוֹמֶשׁ 1
- Leviticus 5:16
- Leviticus 5:24
- Leviticus 27:27
- Mishnah Bava Kamma 9:6
- Bava Metzia 54a:10
- Jastrow, חוּמְשָׁא 1
- Sotah 36b:1
- Mishnah Bava Metzia 6:8
- Chagigah 14a:11
- Jerusalem Talmud Megillah 3:1:10
- Jastrow, ח׳ 1
- Kiddushin 33a:6