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# חָמוּץ

Biblical Hebrew

**the ruthless** — used 1 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 1 verse word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

the ruthless [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5de_5d5_5bc_5e5/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חמץ: vb. be red [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5de_5d5_5bc_5e5/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be red (? cf. Aramaic ܚܡܰܨ Ethpa. blush, be ashamed, poss. orig. be red);— Pt. pass. cstr. חֲמוּץ בְּגָדִים red of garments Is 63:1; poss. also Impf. 3 fs. תֶּחֱמַץ ψ 68:24 that thy foot may be red with blood (for MT תמחץ; so Krochm Hi Gr; most, however, read תרחץ v. רחץ).

Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech differs, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: red (1).

## In the verses

[Isaiah 63:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.63.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.63.1/#tree)

מִי־זֶ֣ה ׀ בָּ֣א מֵאֱד֗וֹם חֲמ֤וּץ בְּגָדִים֙ מִבָּצְרָ֔ה זֶ֚ה הָד֣וּר בִּלְבוּשׁ֔וֹ צֹעֶ֖ה בְּרֹ֣ב כֹּח֑וֹ אֲנִ֛י מְדַבֵּ֥ר בִּצְדָקָ֖ה רַ֥ב לְהוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃

*Word for word:* who? this \[is\].coming from Edom red of.garments from Bozrah this.one \[is\].honored in clothing his \[he.is\].bending in the.greatness his.strength his I \[I.am\].speaking in righteousness great to save

*JPS 1917:* 'Who is this that cometh from Edom, with crimsoned garments from Bozrah? This that is glorious in his apparel, stately in the greatness of his strength?' — 'I that speak in victory, mighty to save.' —

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5de_5d5_5bc_5e5/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).