חֹמֶץ

«חֹמֶץ» in the Tanakh dictionary: vinegar — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 6 times · Key: 2558 · BDB: חֹ֫מֶץ

Glosses

vinegar (6)

Meaning (OSHB)

vinegar tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. vinegar tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. vinegar—ח׳ abs. Pr 10:26 + 3 times; cstr. Nu 6:3(×2);—a common condiment Ru 2:14, forbidden to Nazirite (ח׳ יין and ח׳ שֵׁכָר) Nu 6:3(×2) (P), offered (in cruelty) to a thirsty man ψ 69:22 (fig. for harshness, lack of sympathy); in sim. of sluggard כַּחֹמֶץ לַשִּׁנַּיִם Pr 10:26, ח׳ עַל־נָ֑תֶר Pr 25:20 vinegar on nitre (sim. of merry songs for the heavy-hearted).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (7 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חֹמֶץ» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 69:22

וַיִּתְּנ֣וּ בְּבָרוּתִ֣י רֹ֑אשׁ וְ֝לִצְמָאִ֗י יַשְׁק֥וּנִי חֹֽמֶץ׃

Word for word: and they.put in food my poison and for thirst my they gave.me.to.drink vinegar

JPS 1917: Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

Proverbs 25:20

מַ֥עֲדֶה בֶּ֨גֶד ׀ בְּי֣וֹם קָ֭רָה חֹ֣מֶץ עַל־נָ֑תֶר וְשָׁ֥ר בַּ֝שִּׁרִ֗ים עַ֣ל לֶב־רָֽע׃פ

Word for word: [one.who].removes a.garment on a.day of.coldness vinegar on soda and [one.who].sings (with the songs to a.heart sad

JPS 1917: As one that taketh off a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart.

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