חרמש

Hebrew

Root
ח־ר־מ־שׁ (kh-r-m-sh)

Etymology

Borrowed from Egyptian ḫpš.

Noun

חֶרְמֵשׁ • (khermésh) m

1. scythe
   • Tanach, Deuteronomy 23:26, with translation of the New International Version:

     כִּי תָבֹא בְּקָמַת רֵעֶךָ, וְקָטַפְתָּ מְלִילֹת בְּיָדֶךָ; וְחֶרְמֵשׁ לֹא תָנִיף עַל קָמַת רֵעֶךָ.

     Ki tavó bəqamát re'écha, vəqatáfta məlilót bəyadécha; vəḥerméš lo taníf 'al qamát re'écha.

     If you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pick kernels with your hands, but you must not put a sickle to their standing grain.

References

• “חרמש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חרמש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he