חֲמַס ch. same. —Denom. חומָסָא.
    *. - אִתְחַמֵּס to do violence to one’s self, to restrain one’s self. Targ. II Esth. V, 10, v. חֲמַם. [Targ. Y. Gen. VII, 21 אתחמסי, read: אִתְמְסִי or אִתְהַמְסִי, v. מְסִי.]