Exodus 23:15:2Exod.23.15.W2TAB
הַמַּצּוֹת֮
hamattsot
“the unleavened bread”
- Transliteration
- ha-mat-TSOT
- Extended
- hah-mat-TSOHT
- IPA
- /ham.ma.ˈtsoːt/
Meaning by language
- English
- the unleavened bread
Hebrew · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| He | h as in house; silent at word end | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| 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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Word in context
- word
ha-mat-TSOT
- phraseyour reading level
et-KHAG ha-mat-TSOT
- clause
et-KHAG ha-mat-TSOT tish-MOR shiv-AT ya-MIM to-KHAL mat-TSOT ka-a-SHER tsi-vee-TI-kha le-mo-ED KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ki-VO ya-TSA-ta mim-mits-RA-yim
- sentence
et-KHAG ha-mat-TSOT tish-MOR shiv-AT ya-MIM to-KHAL mat-TSOT ka-a-SHER tsi-vee-TI-kha le-mo-ED KHO-desh ha-a-VIV ki-VO ya-TSA-ta mim-mits-RA-yim ve-lo-ye-ra-U fa-NAI rei-KAM
Exegesis
The verse begins with the direct object marker et{et | ʾet} introducing the noun phrase ḥag hammātsōt{חַג הַמַּצּוֹת | ḥag hammātsōṯ} “Festival of the Unleavened Bread.”
Root and etymology
“unleavened”
In context — Exodus 23:15
You shall observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread for seven days and eat unleavened bread as I have commanded you at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you went out from Egypt. No one shall appear before My face empty-handed.
About this coordinate
Exodus 23:15:2 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 2 of Exodus 23:15, so the Hebrew word הַמַּצּוֹת֮ (hamattsot) 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.23.15.W2, which extends further down to each syllable (Exod.23.15.W2.S1) and character.