Lexical Summary chamets: that which is leavened Original Word: חָמֵץTransliteration: chamets Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mates') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: that which is leavened Meaning: that which is leavened Strong's Concordance leaven, leavened bread From chamets; ferment, (figuratively) extortion -- leaven, leavened (bread). see HEBREW chamets Brown-Driver-Briggs H2557. chamets חָמֵץ noun masculineExodus 13:3 that which is leavened — ֯׳ח 12:15 10t. — forbidden at Passover 12:15 (P), 13:3, 7 (JE), Deuteronomy 16:3, in all sacrifices Exodus 23:18; 34:25 (both J E); compare Amos 4:5; Leviticus 2:11; 6:10 (P; apposition); exceptions are ח ׳לֶחֶם of peace-offering 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (׳ח appositive) 23:17 (H). — see RSSem 208 OTJC 2, 345. מַחְמֶ֫צֶת noun feminine anything leavened, only Exodus 12:19-20, (P). |
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