Revised Literal Translation

Exodus 12:14-20

14And this dayהַיּ֨וֹםhai.YomH3117shall be unto you for a memorialלְזִכָּר֔וֹןle.zi.ka.RonH2146;and ye shall keepוְחַגֹּתֶ֥םve.cha.go.TemH2287it a feastחַ֣גchagH2282to Yhwhלַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehH3068throughout your generationsלְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.KhemH1755;ye shall keep it a feastתְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃te.cha.Gu.huH2287by an ordinanceחֻקַּ֥תchu.KatH2708for everעוֹלָ֖םo.LamH5769.

15Sevenשִׁבְעַ֤תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִים֙ya.MimH3117shall ye eatתֹּאכֵ֔לוּto.Khe.luH398unleavened breadמַצּ֣וֹתma.TzotH4682;evenאַ֚ךְ'akhH389the firstהָרִאשׁ֔וֹןha.ri.ShonH7223dayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117ye shall put awayתַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּtash.Bi.tuH7673leavenשְּׂאֹ֖רse.'OrH7603out of your housesמִבָּתֵּיכֶ֑םmi.ba.tei.KhemH1004:for whosoever eatethאֹכֵ֣ל'o.KhelH398leavened breadחָמֵ֗ץcha.MetzH2557from the firstהָרִאשֹׁ֖ןha.ri.ShonH7223dayמִיּ֥וֹםmi.YomH3117until the seventhהַשְּׁבִעִֽי׃ha.she.vi.'IH7637dayי֥וֹםYomH3117,that soulהַנֶּ֤פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315shall be cutוְנִכְרְתָ֞הve.nikh.re.TahH3772off from Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔לmi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

16And in the firstהָרִאשׁוֹן֙ha.ri.shOnH7223dayוּבַיּ֤וֹםu.vai.YomH3117there shall bean holyקֹ֔דֶשׁKo.deshH6944convocationמִקְרָא־mik.ra'-H4744,and in the seventhהַשְּׁבִיעִ֔יha.she.vi.'IH7637dayוּבַיּוֹם֙u.vai.yOmH3117there shall be an holyקֹ֖דֶשׁKo.deshH6944convocationמִקְרָא־mik.ra'-H4744to you; no manner of workמְלָאכָה֙me.la.KhahH4399shall be doneיֵעָשֶׂ֣הye.'a.SehH6213in them, saveאַ֚ךְ'akhH389thatwhich every manנֶ֔פֶשׁNe.feshH5315must eatיֵאָכֵ֣לye.'a.KhelH398,that only may be doneיֵעָשֶׂ֥הye.'a.SehH6213of you.

17And ye shall observeוּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮u.she.mar.TemH8104the feast ofunleavened breadהַמַּצּוֹת֒ha.ma.tzOtH4682;for in this selfsameבְּעֶ֙צֶם֙be.'E.tzemH6106dayהַיּ֣וֹםhai.YomH3117have I broughtהוֹצֵ֥אתִיho.Tze.tiH3318your armiesצִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖םtziv.'o.tei.KhemH6635out of the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714:therefore shall ye observeוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞םu.she.mar.TemH8104this dayהַיּ֥וֹםhai.YomH3117in your generationsלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖םle.do.ro.tei.KhemH1755by an ordinanceחֻקַּ֥תchu.KatH2708for everעוֹלָֽם׃o.LamH5769.

18In the firstבָּרִאשֹׁ֡ןba.ri.ShonH7223month,on the fourteenthבְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨רbe.'ar.ba.'Ah 'a.SarH702 H6240dayי֤וֹםYomH3117of the monthלַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙la.Cho.deshH2320at evenבָּעֶ֔רֶבba.'E.revH6153,ye shall eatתֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398unleavened breadמַצֹּ֑תma.TzotH4682,until the oneהָאֶחָ֧דha.'e.ChadH259and twentiethוְעֶשְׂרִ֛יםve.'es.RimH6242dayי֣וֹםYomH3117of the monthלַחֹ֖דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320at evenבָּעָֽרֶב׃ba.'A.revH6153.

19Sevenשִׁבְעַ֣תshiv.'AtH7651daysיָמִ֔יםya.MimH3117shall there be no leavenשְׂאֹ֕רse.'OrH7603foundיִמָּצֵ֖אyi.ma.Tze'H4672in your housesבְּבָתֵּיכֶ֑םbe.va.tei.KhemH1004:for whosoever eatethאֹכֵ֣ל'o.KhelH398that which is leavenedמַחְמֶ֗צֶתmach.Me.tzetH2556,even that soulהַנֶּ֤פֶשׁha.Ne.feshH5315shall be cut offוְנִכְרְתָ֞הve.nikh.re.TahH3772from the congregationמֵעֲדַ֣תme.'a.DatH5712of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whether he be a strangerבַּגֵּ֖רba.GerH1616,or bornוּבְאֶזְרַ֥חu.ve.'ez.RachH249in the landהָאָֽרֶץ׃ha.'A.retzH776.

20Ye shall eatתֹאכֵ֑לוּto.Khe.luH398nothing leavenedמַחְמֶ֖צֶתmach.Me.tzetH2556;in all your habitationsמוֹשְׁבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םmo.she.Vo.tei.KhemH4186shall ye eatתֹּאכְל֖וּto.khe.LuH398unleavened breadמַצּֽוֹת׃ פma.TzotH4682.

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