Exodus 12:15
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.”
מַצָּה
properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e. not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the festival of Passover (because no leaven was then used)
שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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שָׁבַת
you will remove
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שָׁבַת
to repose, i.e. desist from exertion; used in many implied relations (causative, figurative or specific)
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כֹּל
any
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כֹּל
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
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יוֹם
days
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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שְׂאֹר
leaven
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שְׂאֹר
barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation)
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חָמֵץ
leaven
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חָמֵץ
ferment, (figuratively) extortion
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