Exodus 12:20

Exodus 12:20

Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

a. ASV: Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

b. YLT: Anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'

c. Classic Amplified: You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread [during that week].

d. Septuagint:Ye shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of yours ye shall eat unleavened bread.

e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/ Writings: You shall not eat any leavening in all your dwellings shall you eat matzos.”

1. “Ye shall eat nothing leavened…”

a. [Ye shall] eat [Strong: 398 'akal aw-kal' a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):--X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.]

b. nothing [Strong: 3808 lo' lo or lowi {lo}; or loh (Deut. 3:11) {lo}; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles (as follows):--X before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (X as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without.]

c. [Strong: 3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

d. leavened [Strong: 2557 chametz khaw-mates' from 2556; ferment, (figuratively) extortion:--leaven, leavened (bread).]

2. “...in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.”

a. [in] all [Strong: 3605 kol kole or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}; from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense):--(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).]

b. [your] habitations [Strong: 4186 mowshab mo-shawb' or moshab {mo-shawb'}; from 3427; a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population:--assembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.]

c. [shall ye] eat [Strong: 398 'akal aw-kal' a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively):--X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.]

d. 4682 matstsah mats-tsaw' from 4711 in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness; 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):--unleaved (bread, cake), without leaven.]