H2556A

חָמֵץ

cha.metsH:V

to leaven

1) to be leavened, be sour 1a) (Qal) to be leavened 1b) (Hiphil) to taste something leavened 1c) (Hithpael) to be embittered, grieved

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. חָמֵץ verb be sour, leavened (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el Hiph`il make sour, leaven; Arabic be sour; Aramaic חֲמַע be sour, leavened, be leavened) —

Qal Perfect חָמֵץ Exod 12:39 Imperfect יֶחְמָ֑ץ Exod 12:34 Infinitive suffix חֻמְצָתוֺ Hos 7:4 +; — be leavened, of dough (בָּצֵק), Exod 12:34; Exod 12:39 (E), compare Hos 7:4. Hitph. be soured, embittered, Ps 73:21 (|| כִּלְיוֺתַי אֶשְׁתּוֺנָן).

II. [חמץ] verb be red (? compare Aramaic Ethpa`al blush, be ashamed, possibly originally be red); —

Qal Passive participle construct חֲמוּץ בְּגָדִים red of garments Isa 63:1 possibly also Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחֱמַץ Ps 68:24 that thy foot may be red with blood (for ᵑ0 תמחץ; so Krochm Hi Gr; most, however, read תרחץ see רחץ).

III. [חמץ] verb be ruthless (dubious √; perhaps by-form of חמס; perhaps erroneous for it; identification by most with I. חמץ, be sour, hence sharp, violent, but connection improbable) — only Qal Participle active מִכַּף מְעַוֵּל וְחוֺמֵץ Ps 71:4 from the hand of the unjust and ruthless (|| מִיַּד רָשָׁע).

6 occurrences

Exodus (4), Psalms (1), Hosea (1)