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H4682
מַצּוֹת
matzot
Pronunciation: mats-tsaw'
Definition
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 Renderings
unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.
Word Analysis
Root: מצץ
Noun
EN: unleavened bread
ES: panes sin levadura
Etymology: from H4711 (מָצַץ) in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness;
Appears in 2 verses (Hebroni)