חמוש

Uncertain.

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈmuʃ/

חָמוּשׁ • (khamúsh) (feminine חֲמוּשָׁה, masculine plural חֲמוּשִׁים, feminine plural חֲמוּשׁוֹת) [pattern: קָטוּל]

1. (Biblical Hebrew) armed, equipped, arrayed for battle

   Synonym: חָלוּץ (khalúts)

   • Tanach, Joshua 4:12, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיַּעַבְרוּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵן וּבְנֵי־גָד וַחֲצִי שֵׁבֶט הַמְנַשֶּׁה חֲמֻשִׁים לִפְנֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר אֲלֵיהֶם מֹשֶׁה׃

     And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, passed on armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spoke unto them;

   • Tanach, Judges 7:11b, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:

     וַיֵּרֶד הוּא וּפֻרָה נַעֲרוֹ אֶל־קְצֵה הַחֲמֻשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בַּמַּחֲנֶה׃

     Then went he down with Purah his servant unto the outermost part of the armed men that were in the camp.

• H2571 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Klein, Ernest (1987) “חמש”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, page 223b