חֹמֶץ (ḥōmeṣ) is a Hebrew noun meaning vinegar. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2558).

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 679b)

Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

חֹ֫מֶץ noun, masculine: vinegar

Strong's H2558 חֹמֶץ: vinegar
KJV:vinegar.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 679: חָמֵץ ḥāmēṣ — be sour, leavened; embittered; be pungent, fermented, harsh, dazzling; cruel, dyed, be grieved

• חָמֵץ maḥmeṣet — that which is leavened
• חָמִיץ ḥāmîṣ — seasoned

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