מַצָּה

matstsâh [mats-tsaw'] Noun

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew 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)

KJV usage: unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.

Etymology: from 4711 in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness;

Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

. Usage: unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven. unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.

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