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title: חמץ — that which is leavened · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חמץ (lemma:חמץ), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: that which is leavened. BDB 1906: vb. be red. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חמץ

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«חמץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **that which is leavened** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:חמץ · **BDB:** חמץ

### Glosses

a.thing.leavened (1); thing.leavened (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

that which is leavened [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_5e5/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be red [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_5e5/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be red (? cf. Aramaic ܚܡܰܨ Ethpa. blush, be ashamed, poss. orig. be red);— Pt. pass. cstr. חֲמוּץ בְּגָדִים red of garments Is 63:1; poss. also Impf. 3 fs. תֶּחֱמַץ ψ 68:24 that thy foot may be red with blood (for MT תמחץ; so Krochm Hi Gr; most, however, read תרחץ v. רחץ).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech differs, 0 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חמץ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/lemma_3a_5d7_5de_5e5/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.20/)

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כָּל־מַחְמֶ֖צֶת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּכֹל֙ מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצּֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* any thing.leavened not you.will.eat in all places your.dwelling you.will.eat unleavened.bread(s)

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'

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[Exodus 12:19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.19/)

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שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִ֔ים שְׂאֹ֕ר לֹ֥א יִמָּצֵ֖א בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֑ם כִּ֣י ׀ כָּל־אֹכֵ֣ל מַחְמֶ֗צֶת וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ הַהִוא֙ מֵעֲדַ֣ת יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּגֵּ֖ר וּבְאֶזְרַ֥ח הָאָֽרֶץ׃

*Word for word:* seven days leaven not it.will.be.found in houses your (dm) any \[one.who\].eats a.thing.leavened and he.will.be.cut.off the person (the) that from the.congregation of.Israel in the sojourner and in the.native-born of the.land

*JPS 1917:* Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land.

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