חמץ

חמץ • (transliteration needed)

1. to be sour

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

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

חָמֵץ • (khaméts) (pa'al construction)

1. (of dough) to leaven, ferment

חָמֵץ • (khaméts) m

1. (collective) products made from leavened flour

• 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 לְפֶסַח‎ (kashér l'fésakh, “kosher for Passover”).

• ביעור חמץ‎

חֹמֶץ • (khómets) m

1. defective spelling of חומץ‎

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

From Hebrew חָמֵץ‎.

חמץ • (khomets) m

1. (Judaism) chametz (products made from leavened flour)