2:11 ; 6:10 ( P ; appos.); excceptions are לֶחֶם ח׳ of peace-offering Lv 7:13 ( P ), and the wave-loaves ( ח׳ appos.) Lv 23:17 ( H ).— v. RS ^{Sem 203 OTJC 2, 345}.

• חֹ˜מֶץ S 2558 TWOT 679b GK 2810 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־נָ˜תֶר Pr 25:20 vinegar on nitre ( sim. of merry songs for the heavy-hearted).

• חָמִיץ S 2548 TWOT 679c GK 2796 adj. seasoned (viz. with salt, or a salt herb— Arabic حَمْضٌ ( ḥamḍun ), Pun. Ἀµουτ [ = חמוץ ] Blau ^ZMG 1873, 522 ; v. The s— rendering it more tasty), of provender for cattle בְּלִיל חָמִיץ יֹאכֵ˜לוּ Is 30:24 .

חֻמְצָה v. I. חמץ Inf.

• מַחְמֶ˜צֶת S 2557 TWOT 679a GK 4721 n.f. anything leavened , only Ex 12:19 , 20 ( P ).

חמץ ^{] vb.}be red ( ^{? cf.} Aramaic ܚܡܰܨ ^(ḥmaṣ) Ethpa. blush, be ashamed , poss. orig. be red ) ;— Qal 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 G r; most, however, read תרחץ v. רחץ ).

חמץ ^{] vb.}be ruthless ( ^dub. √ ; perhaps by-form of חמם ; perhaps error for it; identif. by most with I. חמץ , be sour , hence sharp, violent , but connexion improb. ) — only Qal Pt. act. מִכַּף מְעַוּל וְחֹומֵץ ψ 71:4 from the hand of the unjust and ruthless ( || מִיַּד רָשָׁע ).

OTJC W. Robertson Smith, Old Testament in Jewish Church. act. active.

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