Exodus 13:7:11Exod.13.7.W11TAB
שְׂאֹ֖ר
seor
“leaven”
- Transliteration
- se-OR
- Extended
- seh-OHR
- IPA
- /səˈʔoːr/
Meaning by language
- English
- leaven
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Shin | shin with right dot; sin with left dot | |
| Sheva | vocal sheva — a short 'e' (ə), begins a syllable | |
| Aleph | silent — a glottal stop; holds vowel points | |
| Holem | long 'oh' as in go | |
| Resh | r guttural, like the French r |
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The word
Word in context
- word
se-OR
- 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
- 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 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 13:7:11 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.