Deuteronomy 16:3:7Deut.16.3.W7TAB
מַצּ֖וֹת
matzot
“unleavened breads”
- Transliteration
- mat-ZOT
- Extended
- maht-TSOHT
- IPA
- /matsˈsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- unleavened breads
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tsade | ts as in cats | |
| Vav | v as in vine; marks long ō / ū | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Tav | t as in top |
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Word in context
- word
mat-ZOT
- phraseyour reading level
to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT
- clause
LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni
- sentence
LO-to-a-KHAL a-LAV kha-METS shiv-AT ya-MIM to-a-KHAL-a-LAV mat-ZOT LE-khem O-ni KI be-khi-pa-ZON ya-TSA-ta me-E-retz mits-RA-yim le-MA-an tiz-KOR ET-YOM tse-TKH-a me-E-retz mits-RA-yim KOL ye-MEI khai-YEKHA
Exegesis
A chiastic pattern links the negative and affirmative clauses through toʾakhal–ʿalav ‘eat upon it’, contrasting ḥametz {חָמֵץ | ḥā·mêṣ} ‘leavened bread’ with maẓōt {מַצּוֹת | maẓ·ṣōṯ} ‘unleavened breads’.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-hmem–tsade–heh
“to drain out; unleavened bread”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:3
You shall not eat leavened bread with it. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction . For in haste you went out from the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out from the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:3:7 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 7 of Deuteronomy 16:3, so the Hebrew word מַצּ֖וֹת (matzot) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Deut.16.3.W7, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.3.W7.S1) and character.