- חָמָס
- חָמָסm. (b. h.; preced.) violence, extortion. Y.B. Mets.IV, 9c bot. (ref. to Gen. 6:13) מה היה חֲמָסָן what was the nature of their violence? Gen. R. s. 31 (distinction between ח׳ a. גֶּזֶל); a. e.Pl. חֲמָסִים. Ib. s. 65 שלא … גזילות ח׳ that thou wilt not give me to eat what has been obtained by robbery or extortion. Lev. R. s. 2. Koh. R. to III, 9; a. e.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.
