Exodus 13:7:11Exod.13.7.W11TAB

שְׂאֹ֖ר

seor

leaven

Transliteration
se-OR
Extended
seh-OHR
IPA
/səˈʔoːr/

Meaning by language

English
leaven

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Result
שְׂ + אֹ֖ר
se + or
seor

Alphabet Analysis

Shinshin with right dot; sin with left dot
Shevavocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable
Alephsilent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points
Holemlong 'oh' as in go
Reshr guttural, like the French r

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Word in context

  1. word

    se-OR

  2. clause

    ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA kha-METS ve-LO-ye-ra-EH le-KHA se-OR be-KHOL-ge-vu-LE-kha

  3. 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

Two parallel prohibitions employ velo yeraeh {וְלֹא יֵרָאֶה | wə-lōʾ yērāʾeh} ‘and not shall be seen,’ each followed by chamets {חָמֵץ | ḥāmēṣ} ‘leaven’ and seor {שְׂאֹר | śəʾōr} ‘sourdough.’

Root and etymology

שׂ–א–ר

residue, remnant

In contextExodus 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 13:7:11 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 11 of Exodus 13:7, so the Hebrew word שְׂאֹ֖ר (seor) 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.W11, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.7.W11.S1) and character.