חרמש
Hebrew
| Root |
|---|
| ח־ר־מ־שׁ (kh-r-m-sh) |
| 1 term |
Etymology
Noun
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.
Declension
| isolated forms | with possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number: | State: | form | Person: | singular | plural | ||
| m | f | m | f | ||||
| singular | indefinite | חֶרְמֵשׁ | first | חֶרְמֵשִׁי | חֶרְמֵשֵׁנוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֶרְמֵשׁ | second | חֶרְמֵשְׁךָ | חֶרְמֵשֵׁךְ | חֶרְמֵשְׁכֶם | חֶרְמֵשְׁכֶן | |
| construct | חֶרְמֵשׁ־ | third | חֶרְמֵשׁוֹ | חֶרְמֵשָׁהּ | חֶרְמֵשָׁם | חֶרְמֵשָׁן | |
| plural | indefinite | חֶרְמֵשִׁים | first | חרמשיי / חֶרְמֵשַׁי | חֶרְמֵשֵׁינוּ | ||
| definite | הַחֶרְמֵשִׁים | second | חֶרְמֵשֶׁיךָ | חרמשייך / חֶרְמֵשַׁיִךְ | חֶרְמֵשֵׁיכֶם | חֶרְמֵשֵׁיכֶן | |
| construct | חֶרְמֵשֵׁי־ | third | חֶרְמֵשָׁיו | חֶרְמֵשֶׁיהָ | חֶרְמֵשֵׁיהֶם | חֶרְמֵשֵׁיהֶן | |
References
- “חרמש” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language
- "חרמש" in the Noun Declension Tables of the Academy of Hebrew Language
Further reading
- חרמש on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he