The feastאֶת חַגof Unleavened Breadהַמַּצּוֹתyou shall keep:תִּשְׁמֹרsevenשִׁבְעַתdaysיָמִיםyou shall eatתֹּאכַלunleavened bread,מַצּוֹתasכַּאֲשֶׁרI commanded you,צִוִּיתִךָat the appointed timeלְמוֹעֵדof the monthחֹדֶשׁof Abib,הָאָבִיבforכִּיin itבוֹyou came outיָצָאתָof Egypt.מִמִּצְרָיִםAnd none shall appearוְלֹא יֵרָאוּbefore meפָנַיempty-handed.רֵיקָם
Exodus 23:15
Study it in the app“The feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep: seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 23:15, word by word
- The feastחַגchag
festival
Festival in honor of God, with pilgrimage.
Where else “chag” appears- of Unleavened Breadמַּצּוֹתmatsot
unleavened bread
Unleavened bread, made quickly because the dough does not have to rise; also the feast of Unleavened Bread.
Where else “matsot” appears- you shall keepתִּשְׁמֹרtishmor
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “tishmor” 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- you shall eatתֹּאכַלtochal
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochal” appears- I commanded youצִוִּיתִtsiviti
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiviti” appears- at the appointed timeמוֹעֵדmoed
appointed time
A date fixed beforehand.
Where else “moed” appears- of the monthחֹדֶשׁchodesh
month
A period of about thirty days, from one new moon to the next.
Where else “chodesh” appears- of Abibאָבִיבaviv
fresh ears, Abib
A tender ear of grain, still green. From it comes the name of the month of Abib, the month of the going out from Egypt.
Where else “aviv” appears- you came outיָצָאתָyatsata
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “yatsata” appears- of Egyptמִּצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears- And none shall appearיֵרָאוּyerau
appear
To let oneself be seen: YHWH let Abram see him.
Where else “yerau” appears- before meפָנַfana
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fana” appears- empty-handedרֵיקָםrekam
empty-handed
With nothing: return bringing nothing.
Where else “rekam” 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
14Three times in the year you shall hold a feast for me.
15 · This verse (above)
16And the feast of Harvest, of the firstfruits of your labors that you sow in the field; and the feast of Ingathering at the going out of the year, when you gather in your labors from the field.