חרמש
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Hebrew[edit]
Root |
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ח־ר־מ־שׁ (ḥ-r-m-š) |
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
חֶרְמֵשׁ • (khermésh) m
- 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[edit]
- “חרמש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading[edit]
- חרמש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he