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# חֹמֶץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2558

**vinegar** — used 6 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

vinegar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2558/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חֹ֫מֶץ: n.m. vinegar [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2558/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. vinegar—ח׳ abs. Pr 10:26 + 3 times; cstr. Nu 6:3(×2);—a common condiment Ru 2:14, forbidden to Nazirite (ח׳ יין and ח׳ שֵׁכָר) Nu 6:3(×2) (P), offered (in cruelty) to a thirsty man ψ 69:22 (fig. for harshness, lack of sympathy); in sim. of sluggard כַּחֹמֶץ לַשִּׁנַּיִם Pr 10:26, ח׳ עַל־נָ֑תֶר Pr 25:20 vinegar on nitre (sim. of merry songs for the heavy-hearted).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: vinegar (6).

## In the verses

[Psalms 69:22](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.22/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.22/#tree)

וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and they.put in food my poison and for thirst my they gave.me.to.drink vinegar

*JPS 1917:* Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

[Proverbs 25:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.20/#tree)

מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃פ

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].removes a.garment on a.day of.coldness vinegar on soda and \[one.who\].sings (with the songs to a.heart sad

*JPS 1917:* As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2558.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2558/): 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).