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# חָמֵץ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H2557

**that which is leavened** — used 11 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/1495/2557/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

חָמֵץ²: n.m. that which is leavened [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2557/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 13:3 that which is leavened—ח׳ Ex 12:15 + 10 times—forbidden at Passover Ex 12:15 (P), 13:3, 7 (JE), Dt 16:3, in all sacrifices Ex 23:18; 34:25 (both JE); cf. Am 4:5; Lv 2:11; 6:10 (P; appos.); exceptions are לֶחֶם ח׳ of peace-offering Lv 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (ח׳ appos.) Lv 23:17 (H).—v. RSSem 203 OTJC 2, 345.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (9 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (8 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: leaven (10); of leaven (1).

## In the verses

[Leviticus 7:13](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.13/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.7.13/#tree)

עַל־חַלֹּת֙ לֶ֣חֶם חָמֵ֔ץ יַקְרִ֖יב קָרְבָּנ֑וֹ עַל־זֶ֖בַח תּוֹדַ֥ת שְׁלָמָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* with cakes bread of.leaven he.will.present present his with the.sacrifice of.the.thanksgiving his.peace.offering(s) his

*JPS 1917:* With cakes of leavened bread he shall present his offering with the sacrifice of his peace-offerings for thanksgiving.

[Exodus 23:18](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.18/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.23.18/#tree)

לֹֽא־תִזְבַּ֥ח עַל־חָמֵ֖ץ דַּם־זִבְחִ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָלִ֥ין חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּ֖י עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃

*Word for word:* not you.must.sacrifice with leaven the.blood my.sacrifice my and not it.will.remain.overnight the.fat my.festival.sacrifice my until morning

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of My feast remain all night until the morning.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/2557.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2557/): 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).