חִמֵּשׁ
Meanings
Pi'el verb
1. to arm, to equip with weapons (Modern Israeli)
2. to arm, to activate (to prepare a tool for action) (Modern Israeli)
Pronunciation
khimésh
Examples5
הַמֶּלֶךְ חִמֵּשׁ אֵת הַצָּבָא שֶׁלּוֹ בחרבות
The king armed his army with swords.
עברו חמש שָׁנִים מֵאָז שעשו סֶרֶט מֵהַסֵּפֶר הַהוּא.
It's been five years since that book was made into a movie.
הֵם הַתְּחַמְּשׁוּ ברוֹבִים.
They armed themselves with rifles.
הוּא זִהָה חמש שְׁגִיאוֹת בכַּמּוּת דּוֹמֶה שֶׁל שׁוּרוֹת.
He spotted five mistakes in as many lines.
הַסְּטָטִיסְטִיקָה חִמְּשָׁה אֵת טַעֲנָה.
The statistics gave ammunition to her argument.