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# unleavened

adjective (unleavened)

«unleavened» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Unleavened bread is bread made without yeast or any other rising agent, so it stays flat and hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unleavened/#m1)

### In the lessons

old use, in tales and religious stories; children may meet it in stories about old bread, flat cakes or travellers' food

### Examples

- The travellers ate flat, unleavened cakes made from flour and water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unleavened/#x1)
- Unleavened bread does not rise in the oven. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unleavened/#x2)
- In the old story the family baked unleavened flatbread. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unleavened/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## In 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.

### Examples

- The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. (Torah EXO.34.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/#x1)
- Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.' (Torah EXO.12.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/#x3)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/#x4)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/#x5)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/#x6)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «unleavened» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unleavened/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «unleavened» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/U/unleavened/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«unleavened» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/unleavened.html) on Mova free.