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ḥms n.m. criminality, violence
criminality, violence
OAZenj, OfAEg, Qumran, LJLA
TAD C1.1(Ahiqar) .140↗ ברי] ה̇וה לי שהד חמס ומן אפו צדקני‏ : my son became a criminal witness against me, so who then may justify me? ; 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
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pl. tant.
PTA
TN Gen6:11↗ ואתמליאת ארעא חמסין וגזלנין‏ : the earth was filled with violence and robbery
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This Hebrew word is traditionally translated 'violence' but is better rendered 'criminal act' in Hebrew and probably in these borrowings as well.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: DJPA: 206bDNWSI: 382Qumran: 87

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