יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה פַרְעֹ֔ה וְיַפְקֵ֥ד פְּקִדִ֖ים עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וְחִמֵּשׁ֙ אֶת־אֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּשֶׁ֖בַע שְׁנֵ֥י הַשָּׂבָֽע׃
זאָל פַּרעה דאָס טאָן, און זאָל ער אױפֿזעצן אױפֿזעער איבערן לאַנד, און באַװאָרענען דאָס לאַנד מִצרַיִם אין די זיבן זאַטע יאָרן.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Let Pharaoh take steps to appoint overseers” [41:34]. Pharaoh should appoint a man, and he should appoint officials to gather the grain.23Bahya, Genesis, 41:34.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“Organize the land of Egypt” [41:34]. Each one should give a fifth of their grain into the king’s treasury. Even though, previously they gave a tenth, but now it was right that they should give a fifth to increase the treasury, in the expectation that the people should not die in the famine.24Hizkuni, Genesis, 41:35.
Rashi
וחמש — render it as the Targum does “and they shall prepare”. Similar is (Exodus 13:18) “וחמושים and prepared (for war)”.