Deuteronomy 16:8:4Deut.16.8.W4TAB
מַצּ֑וֹת
mattsot
“unleavened bread”
- Transliteration
- mat-TSOT
- Extended
- maht-TSOHT
- IPA
- /matˈsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- unleavened bread
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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The word
Word in context
- word
mat-TSOT
- phraseyour reading level
to-a-KHAL mat-TSOT
- clause
SHE-shet ya-MIM to-a-KHAL mat-TSOT
- sentence
SHE-shet ya-MIM to-a-KHAL mat-TSOT u-va-YOM hash-vi-I a-TSE-ret la-ye-ho-VAH e-lo-HE-kha LO ta-a-SE me-la-KHA
Exegesis
The verse begins with sheshet {שֵׁשֶׁת | šê-šeṯ} ‘six’ and yamim {יָמִים | yā-mîm} ‘days’, establishing a temporal frame in which toʾkhal {תֹּאכַל | tō-ʾa-ḵal} ‘you shall eat’ governs matzot {מַצּוֹת | ma-ẓōṯ} ‘unleavened breads’.
Root and etymology
m-ṣ-hmem-ṣade-hey
“to drain out; remove leaven”
In context — Deuteronomy 16:8
For six days you shall eat unleavened breads, and on the seventh day there shall be an assembly to the LORD your God ; you shall not do any work .
About this coordinate
Deuteronomy 16:8:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Deuteronomy 16:8, so the Hebrew word מַצּ֑וֹת (mattsot) 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.16.8.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Deut.16.8.W4.S1) and character.