King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H2557
Transliteration: chamets
Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-mates')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: that which is leavened
Meaning: that which is leavened
Word 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).