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# חמץ

Biblical Hebrew

**that which is leavened** — used 2 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

that which is leavened [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_5e5/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חמץ: vb. be red [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_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: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 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: a thing leavened (1); thing leavened (1).

## In the verses

[Exodus 12:20](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.20/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.20/#tree)

כָּל־מַחְמֶ֖צֶת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּכֹל֙ מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצּֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* any thing.leavened not you.will.eat in all places your.dwelling you.will.eat unleavened.bread(s)

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'

[Exodus 12:19](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.19/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.19/#tree)

שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים שְׂאֹ֕ר לֹ֥א יִמָּצֵ֖א בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֑ם כִּ֣י ׀ כָּל־אֹכֵ֣ל מַחְמֶ֗צֶת וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ הַהִוא֙ מֵעֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּגֵּ֖ר וּבְאֶזְרַ֥ח הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* seven days leaven not it.will.be.found in houses your (dm) any \[one.who\].eats a.thing.leavened and he.will.be.cut.off the person (the) that from the.congregation of.Israel in the sojourner and in the.native-born of the.land

*JPS 1917:* Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_5e5.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_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).