Word Study · Strong's H2556 · Hebrew
חָמֵץ
chamets
khaw-mates'
Strong's 1890 spelling: châmêts
“to be pungent”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)
Rendered in the KJV as
cruel (man), dyed, be grieved, leavened.
- 8occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 8 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- וְחוֹמֵץ׃1
- חֲמ֤וּץ1
- חָמֵ֑ץ1
- חֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃1
- יֶחְמָ֑ץ1
- יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ1
- מַחְמֶ֗צֶת1
- מַחְמֶ֖צֶת1
How it is rendered · 7
- it was leavened2
- a thing leavened1
- and [the] ruthless1
- is leavened it1
- it was embittered1
- red of1
- thing leavened1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 7
- verb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singular2
- adjective · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVhrfsa · 2
- HAamsc · 1
- HC/Vqrmsa · 1
- HVqcc/Sp3ms · 1
- HVqi3ms · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
- HVti3ms · 1
All 8, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Exodus carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Exodus4 occurrences
- Exodus 12:19מַחְמֶ֗צֶתmachmetzetverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularFor seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel.here: a thing leavened
- Exodus 12:20מַחְמֶ֖צֶתmachmetzetverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · feminine singularYou are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”here: thing leavened
- Exodus 12:34יֶחְמָ֑ץyechmatzverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularSo the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.here: it was leavened
- Exodus 12:39חָמֵ֑ץchametzverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularSince their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.here: it was leavened
Psalms2 occurrences
- Psalms 71:4וְחוֹמֵץ׃vechometzconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularDeliver me, O my God, from the hand of the wicked, from the grasp of the unjust and ruthless.here: and [the] ruthless
- Psalms 73:21יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץyitchametzverb · reflexive (hithpael), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhen my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,here: it was embittered
Same headword in Strong's