H2557b H2557b
leavened thing; any food containing leaven or yeast
This rare noun appears only in Exodus 12, within the Passover regulations. It denotes anything leavened—bread, dough, or food made with yeast. During the seven days of Unleavened Bread, Israel was to purge all such items from their homes. The term reinforces the complete separation from everyday bread that Passover demanded.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Appears twice in Exodus 12:19-20, where God commands the removal of all leaven from Israelite homes during Passover week. The multilingual evidence (Spanish 'leudado', French 'levé-chose', German 'gesäuertes-thing') confirms this refers to leavened products as a category, not just bread. 2×
AR["مُخَمَّرًا", "مُخَمَّرٍ"]·ben["খামিরের"]·DE["gesaeuertes-thing"]·EN["leavened-thing"]·FR["levé-chose"]·heb["מחמצת"]·HI["खमीरी"]·ID["yang-beragi"]·IT["leavened-cosa"]·jav["punapa-ingkang-mawi-ragi"]·KO["누룩-넣은-것을"]·PT["levedura"]·RU["квасное"]·ES["leudado"]·SW["kilichotiwa-chachu"]·TR["mayalı"]·urd["خمیری-چیز"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H3978 1. food, nourishment (30×)H1314 1. spice / perfume / balsam (29×)H7416 1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) (28×)H3323 1. fresh oil, olive oil (23×)H2964 1. prey, torn flesh (19×)H3899 2. food, sustenance (19×)G1033 1. food (17×)G5160 1. food (16×)H5561 1. spices, aromatic substances (16×)H0402 1. food, nourishment (14×)G2219 1. leaven (13×)H4478a 1. manna (13×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† מַחְמֶ֫צֶת n.f. anything leavened, only Ex 12:19, 20 (P).