unleavened
part of speech
adjective (unleavened)
meaning for a pupil
Unleavened bread is bread made without yeast or any other rising agent, so it stays flat and hard. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Unleavened bread, called matzah, is what the Israelites ate when they left Egypt in a hurry. The Torah commands it for the seven days of the Feast of Unleavened Bread. Interpretation: Jews keep this as Passover (Pesach) and eat matzah to remember the Exodus. They also remove all leavened food (chametz) from their homes. In the primary lessons: old use, in tales and religious stories; children may meet it in stories about old bread, flat cakes or travellers' food
examples
- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917) tree →
- Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.' (Torah EXO.12.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD. (Torah EXO.13.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation. (Writings 2CH.30.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the children of Israel that were present kept the passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days. (Writings 2CH.35.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they did eat of the produce of the land on the morrow after the passover, unleavened cakes and parched corn, in the selfsame day. (Prophets JOS.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- The travellers ate flat, unleavened cakes made from flour and water. tree →
- Unleavened bread does not rise in the oven. tree →
- In the old story the family baked unleavened flatbread. tree →
note
nothing for maths
In the corpora
- Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.'
- Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.
- And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
- And there assembled at Jerusalem much people to keep the feast of unleavened bread in the second month, a very great congregation.
Trees and pragmatics
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