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title: חֹמֶץ — vinegar · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חֹמֶץ (2558), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: vinegar. BDB 1906: n.m. vinegar. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חֹמֶץ

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«חֹמֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **vinegar** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 2558 · **BDB:** חֹ֫מֶץ

### Glosses

vinegar (6)

### Meaning (OSHB)

vinegar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2558/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. vinegar [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2558/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** 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־נָ֑תֶר Pr 25:20 vinegar on nitre (sim. of merry songs for the heavy-hearted).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 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, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חֹמֶץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2558/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 69:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.69.22/)

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וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃

*Word for word:* and they.put in food my poison and for thirst my they gave.me.to.drink vinegar

*JPS 1917:* Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

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[Proverbs 25:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.25.20/)

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מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃פ

*Word for word:* \[one.who\].removes a.garment on a.day of.coldness vinegar on soda and \[one.who\].sings (with the songs to a.heart sad

*JPS 1917:* As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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