English Word
ZYME
Edenic Word
[K]HaMeTS
Hebrew Word
חמץ
Transliteration
Het-Mem-Tsadi
Pronounciation
(HA)-MAYTZ
Conversion
[ MZ → ZM]
Meaning
leaven
Roots
A ZYME is a
ferment or ENZYME, from Greek zyme (a leaven).
חמץ [K]HaMahTS
is to leaven (Exodus12:34); חמץ [K]HaMeTS is leavened or
soured bread or grains. The given Indo-European “root” is yeu (to blend, mix
food), taking in -ZYME and ZYMO- words. The most significant opposite of חמץ [K]HaMaiTS (leavened bread) is מצה MaTSaH
(unleavened bread), related by M231 S-G.
Branches
YaZaM is to
initiate. Reversing this fricative-nasal sound and sense gets us to TSaMa[K]H
(to grow upwards). Antonyms include TSeeMTSOOM (condensing, contraction).
[K]HaMeTS is Het-Mem + Mem-Tsadi. Two chief elements in allowing dough to
become [K]HaMeTS (unlawful to have on Passover) is [K]HaM (heat – see AMITY)
and MeeYTS (liquid – see MEAD). Indonesian reverses Tsadi-Mem for asam (sour).
See MASS and SOUR
Bible Verses
Exodus 12:34 וישׂא העם את־בצקו טרם יחמץ משׁארתם צררת בשׂמלתם על־שׁכמם׃
“And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.”
Strong
(2556)
Related Words
AMITY,
MEAD,
MASS,
SOUR
