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title: מַצָּה — unleavened bread · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַצָּה (4682), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 53 times: unleavened bread. BDB 1906: n.f. unleavened bread, or cake(s). With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַצָּה

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«מַצָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **unleavened bread** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 53 times · **Key:** 4682 · **BDB:** מַצָּה³

### Glosses

unleavened.bread(s) (26); of.unleavened.bread(s) (12); the.unleavened.bread(s) (9)

### Meaning (OSHB)

unleavened bread [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4682/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. unleavened bread, or cake(s) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4682/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. unleavened bread, or cake(s);—abs. מ׳ Lv 2:5; 8:26 (חַלַּת מ׳ אַחַת), Nu 6:19 (id.), v 19; usually pl. מַצּוֹת Ex 12:15 + 44 times; מַצֹּת Ex 12:18 + 3 times;—unleavened bread, prepared in form of לֶחֶם Ex 29:2; חַלָּה Ex 29:2 + 4 times P; רקיקים Ex 29:2 1 Ch 23:29 + 4 times P; עגה Ex 12:39; used at ordinary meals (prepared hastily): אפה מ׳ Gn 19:3 (J), Ex 12:39 (J), 1 S 28:24; prob. also Ju 6:19, 20, 21(×2); elsewhere at sacrificial meals, e.g. ritual peace-offerings Lv 2:4(×2), 5; 6:9; 7:12(×2); 10:12; consecration of priesthood Ex 29:2(×3), 23 Lv 8:2, 26(×2); at peace-offering of Nazairite Nu 6:15(×2) 17, 19(×2); at Passover Ex 12:8 Nu 9:11 (all P); especially at feast of unleavened bread \[cakes\] for 7 days after Passover שׁמר חג המ׳ Ex 23:15 (E), 34:18 (J); שׁמר מ׳ Ex 12:17 (P), עשׂה חג (ה)מ׳ 2 Ch 30:13, 21; 35:17 Ezr 6:22; בחג המ׳ Dt 16:16 2 Ch 8:13; חג המ׳ לי׳ Lv 23:6. During these seven days all Israel ate מצות Ex 12:15, 18, 20 (P), 23:15 (E), 13:6, 7; 34:18 (J), Lv 23:6 Nu 28:17 (P), Dt 16:3, 8 Jos 5:11 Ez 45:21.—2 K 23:6 read prob. מִצְוֹת or מְנָיוֹת for MT (אכל) מ׳; so Gei Kue Kmp Bu.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 41 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (8 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 2 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַצָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4682/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.12.20/)

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כָּל־מַחְמֶ֖צֶת לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ בְּכֹל֙ מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצּֽוֹת׃פ

*Word for word:* any thing.leavened not you.will.eat in all places your.dwelling you.will.eat unleavened.bread(s)

*JPS 1917:* Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'

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[Exodus 13:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.6/)

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שִׁבְעַ֥ת יָמִ֖ים תֹּאכַ֣ל מַצֹּ֑ת וּבַיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י חַ֖ג לַיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* seven days you.will.eat unleavened.bread(s) and \[will be\] on.the.day (the) seventh a.festival of Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.

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