Châmêts — H2556

Definition

verb

to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)

1. to be leavened, be sour
1. (Qal) to be leavened
2. (Hiphil) to taste something leavened
3. (Hithpael) to be embittered, grieved
2. to be cruel, oppress, be ruthless
3. to be red

Usually translated as

leavened, cruel, dyed, be grieved

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

• adikéō (G91)
• ekkaíō (G1572)
• zymóō (G2220)

Occurrences

Châmêts occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (2), Psalms (2), Isaiah (1), Hosea (1)

• Exodus 12:34 — And the people took their dough before it was leavened (יֶחְמָ֑ץ), their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
• Exodus 12:39 — And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened (חָמֵ֑ץ); because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.
• Psalms 71:4 — Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked, out of the hand of the unrighteous and cruel (וְחוֹמֵץ) man.
• Psalms 73:21 — Thus my heart was grieved (יִתְחַמֵּ֣ץ), and I was pricked in my reins.
• Isaiah 63:1 — Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed (חֲמ֤וּץ) garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
• Hosea 7:4 — They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened (חֻמְצָתֽוֹ).