H2567 H2567
and let him take a fifth part (as tax)
This Piel verb means 'let him take a fifth' or 'collect a twenty-percent tax.' In Genesis 41:34, Joseph advises Pharaoh to appoint commissioners who will collect one-fifth of Egypt's produce during the seven years of plenty. The denominative verb comes from 'five,' making it mean 'to fifth'—to take the fifth part. This Egyptian taxation policy becomes the means of storing enough grain to survive the coming famine.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To take a fifth part of something, specifically agricultural produce as a governmental tax or levy. Joseph's plan institutes a twenty-percent collection rate during abundant years for storage against famine. Spanish 'tome quinta parte' (take a fifth part) and French 'prendre un cinquième' (take a fifth) both capture the fractional taxation. Genesis 41:34's administrative detail shows ancient economic planning—state collection and redistribution preventing mass starvation. 1×
AR["وَ-يُخَمِّسْ"]·ben["আর-পাঁচভাগ-নিক-তিনি"]·DE["und-nehme-den-Fünften"]·EN["and-let-take-a-fifth-of"]·FR["et-que-prendre-un-cinquième-de"]·heb["ו-חמש"]·HI["और-पाँचवाँ-हिस्सा-ले"]·ID["dan-mengambil-seperlima"]·IT["e-let-prendere-un-quinto-di"]·jav["lan-mendhet-seperlima"]·KO["그리고-오분의일을취하라"]·PT["e-tire-a-quinta-parte"]·RU["и-возьмёт-пятую-часть"]·ES["y-tome-quinta-parte-de"]·SW["na-achukue-sehemu-ya-tano"]·TR["ve-beşte-birini-alsın"]·urd["اور-پانچواں-حصہ-لے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† II. [חמשׁ] vb.denom. only Pi. וְחִמֵּשׁ אֶת־אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם Gn 41:34 (E) and he shall fifth (take the fifth part of) the land of Egypt, i.e. the fifth part of the produce (cf. Arabic خَمَسَ take a fifth part; Ethiopic ኀመሰ 1. 2 quinque facere).