חָמֵץ (maḥmeṣet) is a Hebrew noun meaning that which is leavened. It appears 13 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H2557).

Also rendered

• anything leavened
• leaven

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 679a)

Root family 679: חָמֵץ ḥāmēṣ — I, be sour, leavened

• חֹמֶץ ḥōmeṣ — vinegar
• חָמִיץ ḥāmîṣ — seasoned

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