Lexical Definition

‎מֹץ‎ môts (motes) chaff ^H:N-M
or מוֹץ môwts (motes); (Zephaniah 2:2), from ‎מוּץ‎

chaff.

• chaff (as pressed out, i.e. winnowed or (rather) threshed loose)

1) chaff
1a) always as driven by wind

See Greek: ἄχυρον · κονιορτός · Χουζᾶς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מוֺץ‎], ‎מֹץ‎ noun masculine^{Isa 29:5} chaff (Talmud ᵑ7 ‎מוֺצָא‎, Arabic straw ); — ‎׳‎‎מ‎ absolute Hos 13:3 + 6 t.; construct Isa 17:13 — chaff, always as driven by wind, and always with ‎כְּ‎, in simile; of wicked Job 21:18 (|| ‎רוּחַ תֶּבֶן לִפְנֵי‎), compare Ps 1:4; Ps 35:5; Hos 13:8 of hostile nations Isa 17:13 (‎הָרִים‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎), Isa 29:5 (|| ‎אָבָק דַּךְ‎); hyperb. of Judah's power, ‎גְּבָעוֺת כַּמֹץ תָּשִׂים‎ Isa 41:16 (|| ‎הָרִים וְתָדֹק תָּדוּשׁ‎); of passing time, ‎יוֺם‎ Zeph 2:2. I, II. ‎מוֺצָא‎, [‎מוֺצָאָה‎] see ‎יצא‎.I. ‎מוּצָק‎, [‎מוּצֶ֫קֶת‎] see ‎יצק‎. II. ‎מוּצָק‎ see ‎צוק‎.

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