cho.mets denotes vinegar, named in drink and meal settings and used in comparisons of unpleasant effect.

The term denotes vinegar as a liquid: it occurs in restrictions on what may be drunk, in an invitation to dip bread, and in comparisons involving teeth, lye, and a heavy heart; its specific contribution in Psalm 69:22 is not visible in the supplied translation.

1. Vinegar in drink, food, and comparisons · dominant

   In Numbers 6:3, the construct-form tokens occur in the prohibition of “vinegar of wine” and “vinegar of strong drink.” The absolute form occurs when bread is dipped in it in Ruth 2:14 and in the comparisons of Proverbs 10:26 and Proverbs 25:20; in Psalm 69:22 the supplied APB renders the verse without an identifiable English reflection of the term.

   Numbers 6:3Proverbs 10:26Proverbs 25:20Psalm 69:22Ruth 2:14

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “vinegar” in Numbers 6:3, Proverbs 10:26, Proverbs 25:20, and Ruth 2:14. In Psalm 69:22 it does not visibly render the term; Its precise English correspondence there remains unclear.