King James Version

Exodus 12:20

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

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כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, 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).מַחְמֶ֖צֶתmachmetsetleavenחָמֵץverb, hiphil, participle, absolute — “leaven”, a verb used as a describing wordH2557ferment, (figuratively) extortionleaven, leavened (bread).לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…תֹאכֵ֑לוּtokhelveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.בְּכֹל֙bekholin allכֹּלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “in all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, 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).מוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םmoshevoteykhemseatמוֹשָׁבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “seat”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, populationassembly, dwell in, dwelling(-place), wherein (that) dwelt (in), inhabited place, seat, sitting, situation, sojourning.תֹּאכְל֖וּtokhlveatאָכַלverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “eat”, an unfinished actionH398to eat (literally or figuratively)[idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.מַצּֽוֹתmatsotunleavedמַצָּהnoun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “unleaved”, the ordinary formH4682properly, 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.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

anything fermented ye do not eat, in all your dwellings ye do eat unleavened things.'

World English Bible

You shall eat nothing leavened. In all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.’”

Darby Translation

Ye shall eat nothing leavened: in all your dwellings shall ye eat unleavened bread.

Douay-Rheims

You shall not eat any thing leavened: in all your habitations you shall eat unleavened bread.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Πᾶν ζυμωτὸν οὐκ ἔδεσθε, ἐν παντὶ δὲ κατοικητηρίῳ ὑμῶν ἔδεσθε ἄζυμα.