חמץ

חמץ • (transliteration needed)

1. To be sour.

Cognate with Jewish Babylonian Aramaic חמע‎, Classical Syriac ܚܡܥ‎, Arabic حَامِض‎ (ḥāmiḍ) and Akkadian 𒄩𒁀𒍮 (ḫabāṣu, ḫamāṣu, “to be cheerful, to be elated from alcohol”).

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χaˈmets/
• (Sephardi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaˈmets/, /ħaˈmesˤ/
• (Ashkenazi Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈχɔməts/
• (Biblical Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ħaːˈmeːsˤ/

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חָמֵץ • (khaméts) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

1. To leaven, ferment. (of dough)

חָמֵץ • (khaméts) m

1. (Judaism, collective) chametz (foods with leavening agents that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover)

• Used mostly in the context of the rules and rituals ahead of and during the Jewish holiday of Passover, where it denotes products forbidden for consumption or possession by Jews during the holiday. In this context, the opposite of חָמֵץ is כָּשֵׁר לְפֶּסַח‎ (kashér lepésakh, “kosher for Passover”).

• ביעור חמץ‎

חֹמֶץ • (khómets) m

1. defective spelling of חומץ‎ (vinegar)

• Duschak, Moritz (1870) Die Botanik des Talmud (in German), Pest: I. Neuer, pages 32–33

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• IPA^(key): /ˈχɔmət͡s/

חמץ • (khomets) m

1. (Judaism) chametz (foods with leavening agents that are forbidden on the Jewish holiday of Passover)

• חמצדיג‎ (khometsdig)
• בדיקת-חמץ‎ (bedikes-khomets)

• כּשר־לפּסח‎ (kosher-lepeysekh, “kosher for Passover”)