Exodus 13:7:1Exod.13.7.W1TAB
מַצּוֹת֙
matsot
“unleavened bread”
- Transliteration
- ma-TSOT
- Extended
- mah-TSOHT
- IPA
- /maˈtsoːt/
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
ma-TSOT
- clause
ma-TSOT ye-a-KHEL ET shiv-AT ha-yah-MEEM
- sentence
ma-TSOT ye-a-KHEL ET shiv-AT ha-yah-MEEM ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA kha-METS ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA se-OR be-KHOL-ge-vu-LE-kha
Exegesis
The command begins with the object matsot {מַצּוֹת | maṣṣōṯ} ‘unleavened breads’ introduced by the direct object marker et {אֵת | ʾēt}.
Root and etymology
מ–צ–ה
“to remove moisture”
In context — Exodus 13:7
You are to consume unleavened bread for seven days; no leavened bread is to be seen with you, and no leaven or sourdough is to be found within your territory .
About this coordinate
Exodus 13:7:1 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 1 of Exodus 13:7, so the Hebrew word מַצּוֹת֙ (matsot) 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 Exod.13.7.W1, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.7.W1.S1) and character.