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title: חָמוֹץ — the ruthless · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חָמוֹץ (2541), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: the ruthless. BDB 1906: the ruthless. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חָמוֹץ

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«חָמוֹץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **the ruthless** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** 2541 · **BDB:** חָמוֹץ

### Glosses

\[the\].oppressor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

the ruthless [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2541/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

the ruthless [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2541/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] coll. the ruthless—only אַשְּׁרוּ ח׳ Is 1:17 set right the ruthless, so Hi Ew Kn De Che Di; Vrss give passive (perhaps חָמוּץ) hence AV relieve the oppressed; but on form חָמוֹץ = doer of action v. Ew§ 152 b.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חָמוֹץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2541/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 1:17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.1.17/)

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לִמְד֥וּ הֵיטֵ֛ב דִּרְשׁ֥וּ מִשְׁפָּ֖ט אַשְּׁר֣וּ חָמ֑וֹץ שִׁפְט֣וּ יָת֔וֹם רִ֖יבוּ אַלְמָנָֽה׃ס

*Word for word:* learn to.do.good seek justice set.right \[the\].oppressor vindicate \[the\].fatherless conduct.a.case.for \[the\].widow

*JPS 1917:* Learn to do well; seek justice, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.

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