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title: שְׂאֹר — leaven · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שְׂאֹר (7603), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: leaven. BDB 1906: n.m. leaven. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׂאֹר

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«שְׂאֹר» in the Tanakh dictionary: **leaven** — 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:** 5 times · **Key:** 7603 · **BDB:** שְׂאֹר

### Glosses

leaven (5)

### Meaning (OSHB)

leaven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7603/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. leaven [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7603/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ex 12:19 leaven;—abs. שׂ׳ Ex 13:7 (J), Dt 16:4 (D), Ex 12:15, 19; Lv 2:11 (all P).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׂאֹר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/7603/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Exodus 13:7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.13.7/)

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מַצּוֹת֙ יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל אֵ֖ת שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַיָּמִ֑ים וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאֶ֨ה לְךָ֜ חָמֵ֗ץ וְלֹֽא־יֵרָאֶ֥ה לְךָ֛ שְׂאֹ֖ר בְּכָל־גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃

*Word for word:* unleavened.bread(s) it.will.be.eaten (et) the.seven the days and not it.will.be.seen by you leaven and not it.will.be.seen by you leaven in all territory your

*JPS 1917:* Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders.

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[Leviticus 2:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/LEV.2.11/)

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כָּל־הַמִּנְחָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר תַּקְרִ֙יבוּ֙ לַיהוָ֔ה לֹ֥א תֵעָשֶׂ֖ה חָמֵ֑ץ כִּ֤י כָל־שְׂאֹר֙ וְכָל־דְּבַ֔שׁ לֹֽא־תַקְטִ֧ירוּ מִמֶּ֛נּוּ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַֽיהוָֽה׃

*Word for word:* any (the).grain offering which you.will.present to Yahweh not it.will.be.made leaven (dm) any leaven and any honey not you.must.make.to.smoke any of.it a.fire.offering to Yahweh

*JPS 1917:* No meal-offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven; for ye shall make no leaven, nor any honey, smoke as an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

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