What does לֶחֶם · מַצָּה mean in the Bible?
לֶחֶם · מַצָּה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "unleavened bread".
Hebrew · H3899, H4682
לֶחֶם מַצּוֹת
Food (for man or beast), especially bread , or grain (for making it) · 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)
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לֶחֶם H3899 food (for man or beast), especially bread , or grain (for making it)
Pronunciation leḥem
Staple sustenance representing basic human need; metaphorically signifies livelihood, covenant provision, and dependence on God.
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מַצָּה H4682 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)
Pronunciation maṣāh
Unleavened bread embodies ritual purity and covenant commemoration, opposing fermentation's corruption symbolism.
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What does לֶחֶם מַצּוֹת (lechem matsot) mean in the Bible?
לֶחֶם · מַצָּה is a Hebrew phrase meaning "unleavened bread".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H3899, H4682?
H3899, H4682 is connected to 352 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. unleavened bread
Strong's H3899, H4682
Lexical occurrences 352 verses Source Gloss
unleavened bread
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
לֶחֶם מַצּוֹת is built from these roots:
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