Lexical Summary chomets: vinegar Original Word: חֹמֶץTransliteration: chomets Phonetic Spelling: (kho'-mets) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: vinegar Meaning: vinegar Strong's Concordance vinegar From chamets; vinegar -- vinegar. see HEBREW chamets Brown-Driver-Briggs H2558. chomets חֹ֫מֶץ noun masculine vinegar — ׳ח absolute Proverbs 10:26 3t.; construct Numbers 6:3 (twice in verse); — a common condiment Ruth 2:14, forbidden to Nazirite (׳ח יין and ׳ח שֵׁכָר) Numbers 6:3 (twice in verse) (P), offered (in cruelty) to a thirsty man Psalm 69:22 (figurative for harshness lack of sympathy); in simile of sluggard לַשִּׁנַּיִם כַּחֹמֶץ Proverbs 10:26, ׳ח עַלנָֿ֑תֶר 25:20 vinegar on nitre (simile of merry songs for the heavy-hearted). |