Talk:חמץ

The Arabic cognate for חמץ is undoubtedly حمض and not حمص. Both ص and ض merged into one consonant, namely צ in ancient Hebrew. Based on this fact and contextual cues, Meir Shalev suggested that the word חומץ in the Book of Ruth is actually cognate with حمص rather than حمض, and therefore denotes some dish made of chickpeas rather than vinegar, but this is currently no more than an intelligent speculation. This way or another, the Arabic root that bears the meaning of "sour" is حمض with ḍad. Drork 08:28, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Aramaic verb?

As far as I know, and as indicated in the etymological part of the noun entry, the equivalent Aramaic root for חמץ is חמע, and in the Haggadah (written partially in Jewish Aramaic and partially in Hebrew) "החמץ" is equivalent to "חמיעא". Therefore, it would be most welcomed if the editor who wrote the verb entry provide more etymological information. Drork 08:36, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

The editor who added the Aramaic is, I think, our most prolific Aramaic editor, and I'll take his word for this entry even though my understanding matches yours. Unfortunately, he's been inactive here for some time, so I don't think he will be weighing on your comment.​—msh210℠ (talk) 15:01, 16 July 2010 (UTC)