חָמֵץ (ḥāmaṣ) is a Hebrew verb meaning be sour. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2556).

Also rendered

• be red
• be ruthless
• to leaven

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 681)

Root family 681: חָמַץ ḥāmaṣ — III, be ruthless (Ps 71:4)

• חָמוֹץ ḥāmôṣ — the ruthless

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