BDB2875
I. חָמֵץ
verb
be sour, leavened (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el Hiph`il make sour,
leaven; Arabic
[untranscribed source text 1810]
be sour; Aramaic חֲמַע
be sour, leavened,
[untranscribed source text 1811]
be leavened) —
Qal
Perfect
חָמֵץ
Exod 12:39
Imperfect
יֶחְמָ֑ץ
Exod 12:34
Infinitive suffix חֻמְצָתוֺ
Hos 7:4 +; —
be leavened, of dough (בָּצֵק), Exod 12:34; Exod 12:39 (
E
), compare Hos 7:4
.
Hithp.
be soured, embittered, Ps 73:21 (|| כִּלְיוֺתַי אֶשְׁתּוֺנָן).
BDB2880
II. [חמץ] verb
be red (? compare Aramaic
[untranscribed source text 1813] Ethpa`al blush, be ashamed, possibly originally be red
); —
Qal
Passive participle construct חֲמוּץ בְּגָדִים
red of garments
Isa 63:1 possibly
also Imperfect 3 feminine singular תֶּחֱמַץ
Ps 68:24
that thy foot may be red with blood (for
ᵑ0
תמחץ; so Krochm
Hi
Gr; most, however, read תרחץ see
רחץ
).
BDB2881
III. [חמץ] verb
be ruthless (dubious √; perhaps by-form of חמס; perhaps erroneous for it;
identification by most with I. חמץ, be sour, hence sharp, violent
, but connection improbable) — only
Qal
Participle
active
מִכַּף מְעַוֵּל וְחוֺמֵץ
Ps 71:4
from the hand of the unjust and ruthless (|| מִיַּד רָשָׁע).
