Senses
1. leavened bread, that which is leavened — A masculine noun denoting leavened bread or anything made with leaven, appearing in ritual prohibition contexts where Israel is forbidden to eat or possess leavened food during Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exod 12:15, 19-20; 13:3, 7; 23:18; 34:25; Lev 2:11; 6:17; 7:13; Deut 16:3). All three clusters represent the same noun in different syntactic frames: bare nominal 'leavened bread / leaven' (arb: خَمِيرًا / خَمِيرٌ, kor: 누룩이/누룩을, swa: chachu, spa: leudado, hin: खमीरी/ख़मीर), nominal with slight context variation (arb: خَميرٍ, kor: 누룩, swa: chachu), and prepositional 'from that which is leavened' (arb: مِنَ الخَميرِ, kor: 누룩으로부터, swa: kutoka unga wenye chachu). The uniform rendering across languages confirms a single sense of fermented/leavened dough product. 11×
AR["خَميرٍ","خَمِيرًا","خَمِيرٌ","خَمِيرٍ","مِنَ-الخَميرِ"]·ben["খামির","খামির।","খামিরযুক্ত","খামিরে","খামিরের","তাঁবু-থেকে"]·DE["Sauerteig","[מחמץ]","gesaeuertes","gesaeuertes-Brot"]·EN["from-that-which-is-leavened","leaven","leavened","leavened-bread"]·FR["levain","levé","levé-pain"]·heb["חמץ","מ-חמץ"]·HI["खमीर","खमीरी","ख़मीर","से-खमीर"]·ID["beragi","dari-yang-beragi","ragi","roti-beragi","yang-beragi"]·IT["[מחמץ]","leavened-pane","lievitato","lievitato-pane","lievito"]·jav["ragi","roti-mawi-ragi","saking-kang-magi"]·KO["누룩","누룩-넣은","누룩-넣은-것을","누룩-없는","누룩과-함께","누룩으로","누룩을","누룩이","로부터-누룩으로"]·PT["de-levedado","levedada","levedado","levedado,","levedado."]·RU["из-квасного","квасного","квасное","квасном","квасным","квасными"]·ES["con-levadura","de-lo-leudado","leudada","leudado"]·SW["chachu","kilichotiwa-chachu","kutoka-unga-wenye-chachu","na-chachu","wenye-chachu"]·TR["maya","mayalı","mayalı-olandan"]·urd["خمیر","خمیر-کے","خمیری","خمیری-سے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חָמֵץ n.m. Ex 13:3 that which is leavened—ח׳ Ex 12:15 + 10 times—forbidden at Passover Ex 12:15 (P), 13:3, 7 (JE), Dt 16:3, in all sacrifices Ex 23:18; 34:25 (both JE); cf. Am 4:5; Lv 2:11; 6:10 (P; appos.); exceptions are לֶחֶם ח׳ of peace-offering Lv 7:13 (P), and the wave-loaves (ח׳ appos.) Lv 23:17 (H).—v. RSSem 203 OTJC 2, 345.