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

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«חָמַץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be 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:** lemma:חָמַץ · **BDB:** חמץ²

### Glosses

\[one.who.is\].ruthless (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be ruthless [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5de_5b7_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5de_5b7_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be ruthless (dub. √; perhaps by-form of חמם; perhaps error for it; identif. by most with I. חמץ, be sour, hence sharp, violent, but connexion improb.)—only Pt. act. מִכַּף מְעַוּל וְחוֹמֵץ ψ 71:4 from the hand of the unjust and ruthless (‖ מִיַּד רָשָׁע).

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (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 «חָמַץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5b8_5de_5b7_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 71:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.71.4/)

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אֱ‍ֽלֹהַ֗י פַּ֭לְּטֵנִי מִיַּ֣ד רָשָׁ֑ע מִכַּ֖ף מְעַוֵּ֣ל וְחוֹמֵץ׃

*Word for word:* my.God my deliver me from.\[the\] hand of.\[the\].wicked from.\[the\] palm of.\[one.who\].acts.unjustly and \[one.who.is\].ruthless

*JPS 1917:* O my God, rescue me out of the hand of the wicked, out of the grasp of the unrighteous and ruthless man.

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