Exodus 13:7:8Exod.13.7.W8TAB
חָמֵ֗ץ
khamets
“leavened bread”
- Transliteration
- kha-METS
- Extended
- khah-METS
- IPA
- /ħaˈmeːts/
Meaning by language
- English
- leavened bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Chet | ch — deep guttural, as in Scottish loch | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| Mem | m as in mother | |
| Tsere | long 'ey' as in they | |
| Tsade Sofit | final form of Tsade — at word end |
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The word
Word in context
- word
kha-METS
- 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
ח–מ–ץ
“to ferment, become sour”
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 13:7:8 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 8 of Exodus 13:7, so the Hebrew word חָמֵ֗ץ (khamets) 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.W8, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.13.7.W8.S1) and character.