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maṣṣā מַצָּה ‘unleavened bread’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from māṣaṣ מָצַץ ‘to drink deeply’ in the sense of greedily devouring for sweetness
Roots: מצץ

maṣṣā n, f
1) unleavened (bread, cake), without leaven.

Mentioned in Genesis 19:3 Exodus 23:15, 34:18, 12:18, 29:23, 12:15, 12:8, 12:20, 13:6, 13:7, 12:39, 12:17, 29:2 Codex Leviticus 6:9, 8:2, 10:12, 8:26, 23:6, 2:5, 7:12, 2:4 Numbers 6:19, 6:17, 9:11, 28:17, 6:15 Deuteronomy 16:3, 16:8, 16:16 Joshua 5:11 Judges 6:19, 6:21, 6:20 1 Samuel 28:24 2 Kings 23:9 Ezekiel 45:21 Ezra 6:22 1 Chronicles 23:29 2 Chronicles 30:13, 30:21, 35:17, 8:13

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