Lexical Definition

‎חֹמֶשׁ‎ chômesh (kho'-mesh) belly ^H:N-M
from an unused root probably meaning, to be stout

fifth (rib).

• the abdomen (as obese)

1) belly, abdomen, fifth ribs

Brown-Driver-Briggs

II. ‎חֹ֫מֶשׁ‎ noun masculine belly (Aramaic ) — ‎הַחֹמֶשׁ‎ 2Sam 2:23 + 3 t.; ‎׳‎‎וַיַּכֵּהוּ ֗֗֗ אלהֿח‎ 2Sam 2:23 and he smote him in the belly; 2Sam 20:10 + 2Sam 4:6, read ‎וַתָּ֫נָם‎ ‎וַתִּישָׁ֑ן‎ and she slumbered and slept ᵐ5 We Dr.; yet corruption difficult to explain, see Klo; ‎׳‎‎וַיַּכֵּהוּ שָׁם הח‎ 2Sam 3:27 (where probably insert ‎אלֿ‎ compare Dr).

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