Lexical Definition
חָמֵץ châmêts (khaw-mates') leaven H:N-M
from חָמֵץ
leaven, leavened (bread).
- ferment, (figuratively) extortion
1) the thing leavened, leaven
See Greek: ζύμη
Brown-Driver-Briggs
חָמֵץ noun masculineExod 13:3 that which is leavened — ֯׳ח Exod 12:15 + 10 t. — forbidden at Passover Exod 12:15 (P), Exod 13:3; Exod 13:7 (JE), Deut 16:3, in all sacrifices Exod 23:18; Exod 34:25 (both J E); compare Amos 4:5; Lev 2:11; Lev 6:10* (P; apposition); exceptions are ׳לֶחֶם ח of peace-offering Lev 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (׳ח appositive) Lev 23:17 (H). — see RSSem 208 OTJC 2, 345.
מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exod 12:19; Exod 12:20 (P).
Brown-Driver-Briggs References
| Book | Refs |
|---|---|
| Exodus | 12:15 · 12:19 · 12:20 · 13:3 · 13:7 · 23:18 · 34:25 |
| Leviticus | 2:11 · 6:10* · 7:13 · 23:17 |
| Deuteronomy | 16:3 |
| Amos | 4:5 |