Deuteronomy 16:4

“And 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.”

Deuteronomy 16:4 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 16:4, word by word

leavenשְׂאֹרseor

leaven

Leaven: the fermented dough kept to make bread rise.

Where else “seor” appears
shall be seenיֵרָאֶהyerae

appear

To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.

Where else “yerae” appears
your territoryגְּבֻלְgevul

territory

The land within that border.

Where else “gevul” appears
for 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
of the meatבָּשָׂרbasar

meat

Meat to eat.

Where else “basar” appears
you sacrificeתִּזְבַּחtizbach

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

Where else “tizbach” appears
in the eveningעֶרֶבerev

evening

Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.

Where else “erev” appears
on the firstרִאשׁוֹןrishon

first

What comes ahead in order or in time; the first.

Where else “rishon” appears
shall remain all nightיָלִיןyalin

remain

For something to remain until morning, when it should have gone earlier.

Where else “yalin” appears
until morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

Where else “boker” appears

The context

3You 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.

4 · This verse (above)

5You may not sacrifice the Passover in any one of your gates that YHWH your Elohim is giving you,

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