חֹמֶץchômets

Same root

• חָמֵץchâmêts · H2556to be pungent; i.e. in taste (sour, i.e. literally fermented, or figuratively, harsh), in color (dazzling)

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Numbers 6:3 they must give up wine and other alcoholic drinks. They must not use vinegar made from wine or from other alcoholic drinks, they must not drink fresh grape juice, and they must not eat grapes or raisins.
• Ruth 2:14 At mealtime Boaz called to her, “Come over here, and help yourself to some food. You can dip your bread in the sour wine.” So she sat with his harvesters, and Boaz gave her some roasted grain to eat. She ate all she wanted and still had some left over.
• Psalms 69:21 But instead, they give me poison for food; they offer me sour wine for my thirst.
• Proverbs 10:26 Lazy people irritate their employers, like vinegar to the teeth or smoke in the eyes.
• Proverbs 25:20 Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound.