You shall notלֹאeatתֹאכַלbread with leavenחָמֵץwith it;עָלָיוsevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםyou shall eatתֹּאכַלwith itעָלָיוunleavened bread,מַצּוֹתthe breadלֶחֶםof affliction,עֹנִיforכִּיin hasteבְחִפָּזוֹןyou came outיָצָאתָof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt,מִצְרַיִםso thatלְמַעַןyou may rememberתִּזְכֹּרthe dayאֶת יוֹםof your coming outצֵאתְךָof the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egyptמִצְרַיִםallכֹּלthe daysיְמֵיof your life.חַיֶּיךָ
Deuteronomy 16:3
Study it in the app“You shall not eat bread with leaven with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, for in haste you came out of the land of Egypt, so that you may remember the day of your coming out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Deuteronomy 16:3, word by word
- eatתֹאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- bread with leavenחָמֵץchamets
what is leavened
What is leavened: bread or dough that has fermented.
Where else “chamets” appears- sevenשִׁבְעַתshivat
seven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appears- daysיָמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- unleavened breadמַצּוֹתmatsot
unleavened bread
Unleavened bread, made quickly because the dough does not have to rise; also the feast of Unleavened Bread.
Where else “matsot” appears- the breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- of afflictionעֹנִיoni
affliction
Affliction, suffering, misery.
Where else “oni” appears- in hasteחִפָּזוֹןchipazon
haste
Haste of one who has to flee.
Where else “chipazon” appears- you came outיָצָאתָyatsata
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsata” appears- of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- you may rememberתִּזְכֹּרtizkor
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “tizkor” appears- of your lifeחַיֶּיchaye
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaye” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
2And you shall sacrifice the Passover to YHWH your Elohim, from the flock and the herd, in the place that YHWH chooses to make his name dwell there.
3 · This verse (above)
4And no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory for seven days, and none of the meat that you sacrifice in the evening on the first day shall remain all night until morning.