Leviticus 8:2:17Lev.8.2.W17TAB
הַמַּצּֽוֹת׃
hamattsot
“the unleavened bread”
- Transliteration
- ha-mat-TSOT
- Extended
- hah-mat-TSOHT
- IPA
- /ham.matˈtsoːt/
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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The word
Word in context
- word
ha-mat-TSOT
- phraseyour reading level
SAL ha-mat-TSOT
- clause
ve-ET PAR ha-kha-TAT ha-kha-TAT ve-ET she-NEE ha-EI-LIM ve-ET SAL ha-mat-TSOT
- sentence
KAKH ET-a-ha-RON ve-ET-ba-NAW it-TO ve-ET ha-be-ga-DIM ve-ET SHE-men ha-mish-KHAH ve-ET PAR ha-kha-TAT ha-kha-TAT ve-ET she-NEE ha-EI-LIM ve-ET SAL ha-mat-TSOT
Exegesis
Repeated ve-et before par {פַּ֣ר | par} ‘bull’, shnei {שְׁנֵ֣י | šənê} ‘two’, ha-aylim {הָֽאֵילִ֔ים | hāʾēlîm} ‘the rams’, and sal {סַ֥ל | sal} ‘basket’ with ha-matsot {הַמַּצּֽוֹת | hammāṣṣōṯ} ‘the unleavened breads’ underscores the cumulative list. English mirrors this coordination with “and,” smoothing for clarity.
Root and etymology
Rootm-ṣ-h
“to be unleavened”
In context — Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil , and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the basket of unleavened breads.
About this coordinate
Leviticus 8:2:17 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 17 of Leviticus 8:2, so the Hebrew word הַמַּצּֽוֹת׃ (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 Lev.8.2.W17, which extends further down to each syllable (Lev.8.2.W17.S1) and character.