לחמע

חָמֵץI (b. h.; v. preced.) ( to be hot, to ferment, be sour. Ad. Zar. 68b מי גרם לה שתֶּחְמַץוכ׳ what was the cause that it (the dough) became leavened (rose) in one hour? Pi. חִמֵּץ to cause leavening. Ib. a ראויה לחַמֵּץוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. לחַמֵּעַ) fit to leaven with it many other doughs. Ib. וחִימְּצוּ; Orl. II, 11 נצטרפו וחִמְּצוּ (Y. ed. הצטרפו וחִימֵּיצוּ) and the two combined produced the required leavening, Ib. 9 וחִמְּצָהּ (Y. ed. וחִימֵּיצָהּ; Ab. Zar. l. c. והֶחְמִיצָהּ) and it made the dough rise. Orl. II 6 כל המְחַמֵּץ whatever is used for producing fermentation; a. fr.Trnsf. to mature, to continue a case over night, to reserve judgment. Snh.35a (ref. to Is 1:17, v. preced.) אשרו דיין שמְחַמֵּץ אתוכ׳ Ms. K. (ed. אשרי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) praise the judge (in capital cases) who reserves his judgment (over night); Yalk. Is. 257. Hif הֶחְמִיץ 1) same. Pes.40a מי פירות אינן מַחְמִיצִין juice of fruits produces no leavening (in the ritual sense). Ab. Zar.68a כדי להחמיץ (Orl. II, 8 לחַמֵּץ) enough to leaven the dough. Mekh. Bo s. 10 שאור שהוא מַחְמִיץ לאחרים leaven which is used for leavening other doughs; a. fr.Trnsf. to procrastinate. Ib. s. 9 (play on המַצּוֹת, Ex. 12:17) כדרך … אין מַחְמִיצִין את המִצְוָה as well as you must not allow the matsah to become sour, so you must not allow the mitsvah (religious act) to become sour by postponement; Yalk. Ex. 201. 2) to turn sour, to ferment. Ab. Zar.68b ראויה להַחְמִיץוכ׳ (Ms. M. לחמע) is likely to ferment in two hours. Nidd.IX, 7 מי רגלים שהֶחְמִיצוּ urin which ferments.Trnsf. to degenerate, become wicked. R. Hash. 3b קודם שה׳ before he (the Persian King) changed for the worse. Nithpa. נִתְחַמֵּץ to become sour (חָמֵץ). Pes.28b; 43a נ׳ מאליו became sour of itself (not through a leavening means).

חָמֵץI (b. h.; v. preced.) ( to be hot, to ferment, be sour. Ad. Zar. 68b מי גרם לה שתֶּחְמַץוכ׳ what was the cause that it (the dough) became leavened (rose) in one hour? Pi. חִמֵּץ to cause leavening. Ib. a ראויה לחַמֵּץוכ׳ Ms. M. (ed. לחַמֵּעַ) fit to leaven with it many other doughs. Ib. וחִימְּצוּ; Orl. II, 11 נצטרפו וחִמְּצוּ (Y. ed. הצטרפו וחִימֵּיצוּ) and the two combined produced the required leavening, Ib. 9 וחִמְּצָהּ (Y. ed. וחִימֵּיצָהּ; Ab. Zar. l. c. והֶחְמִיצָהּ) and it made the dough rise. Orl. II 6 כל המְחַמֵּץ whatever is used for producing fermentation; a. fr.Trnsf. to mature, to continue a case over night, to reserve judgment. Snh.35a (ref. to Is 1:17, v. preced.) אשרו דיין שמְחַמֵּץ אתוכ׳ Ms. K. (ed. אשרי, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 20) praise the judge (in capital cases) who reserves his judgment (over night); Yalk. Is. 257. Hif הֶחְמִיץ 1) same. Pes.40a מי פירות אינן מַחְמִיצִין juice of fruits produces no leavening (in the ritual sense). Ab. Zar.68a כדי להחמיץ (Orl. II, 8 לחַמֵּץ) enough to leaven the dough. Mekh. Bo s. 10 שאור שהוא מַחְמִיץ לאחרים leaven which is used for leavening other doughs; a. fr.Trnsf. to procrastinate. Ib. s. 9 (play on המַצּוֹת, Ex. 12:17) כדרך … אין מַחְמִיצִין את המִצְוָה as well as you must not allow the matsah to become sour, so you must not allow the mitsvah (religious act) to become sour by postponement; Yalk. Ex. 201. 2) to turn sour, to ferment. Ab. Zar.68b ראויה להַחְמִיץוכ׳ (Ms. M. לחמע) is likely to ferment in two hours. Nidd.IX, 7 מי רגלים שהֶחְמִיצוּ urin which ferments.Trnsf. to degenerate, become wicked. R. Hash. 3b קודם שה׳ before he (the Persian King) changed for the worse. Nithpa. נִתְחַמֵּץ to become sour (חָמֵץ). Pes.28b; 43a נ׳ מאליו became sour of itself (not through a leavening means).