חָמָס, preced.) violence, extortion. Y. B. Mets. IV, 9ᶜ bot. (ref. to Gen. VI, 13) מה היה חֲמָסָן what was the nature of their violence? Gen. R. s. 31 (distinction between ח׳ a. גֶּזֶל); a. e.—Pl. חֲמָסִים. Gen. R. 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.