חימצה

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חימצה

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Cognate with Aramaic חִימְצָא (ḥimməṣā), whence Arabic حِمَّص (ḥimmaṣ) ~ حِمِّص (ḥimmiṣ, “chickpea”) and حُمُّص (ḥummuṣ, “hummus”). Compare also Akkadian 𒈝𒈬𒌅 (ḫummuṭu, “to apply heat, to burn, to scorch, to parch, to roast”).

Likely unrelated to Hebrew חָמֵץ (ḥameṣ, “to leaven, to ferment (of dough); chametz”) and חֹמֶץ ~ חומץ (ḥōmeṣ, “vinegar”) (as claimed by, for instance, Shalev, 2001), which are from Proto-Semitic *ḥāmiṣ́- (“to be sour, acid”) and cognate with Arabic حَامِض (ḥāmiḍ) and Jewish Literary Aramaic חוּמְעָא (ḥūməʿā, “vinegar”); as Proto-Semitic ṣ́ (/t͡ɬʼ/) regularly became Hebrew ṣ, but Arabic ḍ (not ṣ) and Aramaic q > ʕ (not ṣ).

noun חִמְצָה · khimtsá · חימצות · חִמְצוֹת

feminine chickpea

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"חימצה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%94. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026.

APA

חימצה. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%94

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"חימצה." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%94.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {חימצה},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/he/%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%A6%D7%94},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}