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חמס‏ n.m. criminality, violence

criminality, violence OA^Zenj, OfA^Eg, Qumran, LJLA. GenApoc 5.18 : חמס שגי יעבדון‏ . CTLevi ar a D.17 : כדי קטלית אנה לש[כם] וגמרת לעבדי חמסא‏ when I killed PN and did away with the doers of violence. pl. tant. PTA. TN Gen6:11 : ואתמליאת ארעא חמסין וגזלנין‏ the earth was filled with violence and robbery.

Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 206b; DNWSI: 382; Cook,Qumran: 87;

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Derivatives:

ḥms vb. to commit ḥms

ḥmysy n.f. theft