H2556. chamets
I. חָמֵץ verb be sour, leavened (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el Hiph`il make sour, leaven; Arabic be sour; Aramaic חֲמַע be sour, leavened, be leavened) —
Qal Perfect חָמֵץ [Exod 12:39]; Imperfect יֶחְמָ֑ץ [12:34]; Infinitive suffix חֻמְצָתוֺ [Hosea 7:4] +; — be leavened, of dough (בָּצֵק), [Exod 12:34], [39] (E), compare [Hosea 7:4].
Hitph. be soured, embittered, [Psa 73:21] (|| אֶשְׁתּוֺנָן כִּלְיוֺתַי).
II. [חמץ] verb be red (? compare Aramaic Ethpa`al blush, be ashamed, possibly originally be red); —
Qal Passive participle construct בְּגָדִים חֲמוּץ red of garments [Isa 63:1]; possibly also Imperfect3feminine singular תֶּחֱמַץ [Psa 68:24] that thy foot may be red with blood (for תמחץ ᵑ0; so Krochm Hi Gr; most, however, read תרחץ see רחץ).
III. [חמץ] verb be ruthless (dubious √; perhaps by-form of חמס; perhaps erroneous for it; identification by most with I. חמץ, be sour, hence sharp, violent, but connection improbable) — only
Qal Participle active וְחוֺמֵץ מְעַוֵּל מִכַּף [Psa 71:4] from the hand of the unjust and ruthless (|| רָשָׁע מִיַּד).