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Lexicon :: Strong's H259 - 'eḥāḏ

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אֶחָד
Transliteration
'eḥāḏ
Pronunciation
ekh-awd'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A numeral from אָחַד (H258)
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TWOT Reference: 61

Strong’s Definitions

אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x

The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x
The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

  1. one (number)

    1. one (number)

    2. each, every

    3. a certain

    4. an (indefinite article)

    5. only, once, once for all

    6. one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one

    7. first

    8. eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
STRONGS H259: Abbreviations
אֶחָד 962 adjective number one (Phoenician אחד, Sabean id., compare DHMZMG 1876, 707, Arabic أَحَدً, Ethiopic አሐዱ፡ Aramaic חַד, dfo; on Assyrian edu, aḫadu, compare DlW No. 139) — absoluteא׳ Genesis 1:5 —אַחַ֫ד Genesis 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת Genesis 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת † Genesis 11:1 +; construct אַחַ֫ת Deuteronomy 13:13 +; plural masculine אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 + 4:t.; חַד Ezekiel 33:30 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX; —
1. one Genesis 1:9; Genesis 27:38, 45; Exodus 12:49; Joshua 23:10; 1 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 12:3 +, Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2 Samuel 17:3 for MT אֲשֶׁר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one or two לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezra 10:13; as substantive followed by מִן Genesis 2:21; Leviticus 4:2, 13; Isaiah 34:16 +; הָא׳ Genesis 19:9; Genesis 42:13, 32; 2 Kings 6:3, 5 +; one and the same Genesis 40:5; Job 31:15; plural דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 compare Ezekiel 37:17 (absolute), but see Co;＝few, a few יָמִים א׳ ‴ Genesis 27:44; Genesis 29:20; Daniel 11:20; כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד as one man, together Judges 20:8; 1 Samuel 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד late＝Aramaic כַּחֲדָא † Ezra 2:64 (= Nehemiah 7:66) Ezra 3:9; Ezra 6:20; Ecclesiastes 11:6; see especially Isaiah 65:25 (|| earlier יַחְדֶּו Isaiah 11:6, 7).
2.＝each, every Exodus 36:30; Numbers 7:3, 85; Numbers 28:21; 1 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Numbers 7:11; Numbers 13:2; Numbers 17:21; Joshua 3:12; Joshua 4:2, 4.
3.＝a certain 1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 18:10; 2 Kings 4:1; Esther 3:8 — 2 Samuel 17:9 see Dr 1 Samuel 1:1; hence
4.＝indefinite article 1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 26:20 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 1 Kings 19:4, 5 +.
5. only 1 Kings 4:19; & (feminine) once 2 Kings 6:10; Psalm 62:12; Psalm 89:36 (once for all); אַחַת לְשָׁלוֺשׁ שָׁנִים 2 Chronicles 9:21, בַּשָּׁנָה א׳ Leviticus 16:34 compare Job 40:5, אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָ֑ת Joshua 6:3, 11 compare Joshua 6:14, בְּאַחַת Numbers 10:4; Job 33:14; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת Proverbs 28:18 compare וְאִנָּקְמֶה נְקַם־אַחַת Judges 16:28. **Num 10:4 בְּאַחַת is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it＝in one way; Proverbs 28:18 read probably with Syriac Version Lag Dy Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת; Judges 16:28 is rather 'vengeance for one of my two eyes' (see GFM). Jeremiah 10:8 בְּאַחַת probably＝in one, altogether. אחד.
6. one... another, the one... the other א׳⬩⬩⬩א׳ Exodus 17:12; Exodus 18:3, 4; Amos 4:7; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 24:2; 2 Chronicles 3:17; Nehemiah 4:11 +; 2 Samuel 14:6 read הָאֶחָד אֶת־אָחִיו for האחד את־האחד Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one after another, one by one, לְאַחַד אֶחָד Isaiah 27:12 compare Ecclesiastes 7:27.
7. as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Genesis 1:5 (P) Genesis 2:11 (J) Exodus 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Ezekiel 10:14 especially of first day of month Exodus 40:2 (P) Ezra 3:6; Ezra 10:16, 17; Nehemiah 8:2; Haggai 1:1; first year, שְׁנַת אַחַת 2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 1:21; Daniel 9:1, 2; Daniel 11:1 compare first (day, יוֺם omitted) Genesis 8:5, 13 בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ; so Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 1:18; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 33:38 (all P) Deuteronomy 1:3; 2 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Ezekiel 45:18.
8. in combination,
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר eleven (compare עָשָׂר, עַשְׁתֵּי) Genesis 32:23; Genesis 37:9 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:2; so אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה Joshua 15:51 (P) 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Chronicles 36:5, 11; Jeremiah 52:1 (precedes noun, except Joshua 15:51; as ordinal, eleventh אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1 compare 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29;
b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת Numbers 1:41; compare Numbers 2:16, 28; Numbers 31:34, 39 (all P; א׳ precedes other numeral); but אַרְבָּיִם וְאַחַת שָׁנָה (א׳ following) 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 12:13 compare 2 Kings 22:1 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Kings 24:18＝Jeremiah 52:1 2 Chronicles 36:11; Joshua 12:24 (D) Isaiah 30:17; Ezra 2:26＝Nehemiah 7:30 compare Nehemiah 7:37; Daniel 10:13; as ordinal בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 8:13 (P) Exodus 12:18 (P), 1 Chronicles 24:17; 1 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Chronicles 16:13 (א׳ preceding); but 1 Kings 16:23; Haggai 2:1 (א׳ following).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:5; 1:9; 2:11; 2:21; 2:21; 8:5; 8:13; 8:13; 11:1; 11:1; 11:1; 19:9; 21:15; 27:38; 27:44; 27:45; 29:20; 32:23; 37:9; 40:5; 42:13; 42:32

Exodus

12:18; 12:49; 17:12; 18:3; 18:4; 36:30; 39:10; 40:2; 40:17

Leviticus

4:2; 4:13; 16:34; 23:24

Numbers

1:18; 1:41; 2:16; 2:28; 7:3; 7:11; 7:85; 10:4; 10:4; 13:2; 28:21; 29:1; 31:34; 31:39; 33:38

Deuteronomy

1:2; 1:3; 13:13

Joshua

3:12; 4:2; 4:4; 6:3; 6:11; 6:14; 12:24; 15:51; 15:51; 23:10

Judges

16:28; 16:28; 20:8

1 Samuel

1:1; 1:1; 1:24; 6:7; 9:3; 11:7; 24:15; 26:20

2 Samuel

12:1; 12:3; 14:6; 17:3; 17:9; 18:10

1 Kings

4:7; 4:19; 6:38; 14:21; 15:10; 16:23; 19:4; 19:5

2 Kings

4:1; 6:3; 6:5; 6:10; 9:29; 14:23; 15:20; 22:1; 23:36; 24:18; 24:18

1 Chronicles

24:17; 25:28

2 Chronicles

3:17; 9:21; 12:13; 16:13; 29:17; 34:1; 36:5; 36:11; 36:11; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 2:26; 2:64; 3:6; 3:9; 6:20; 7:9; 10:13; 10:16; 10:17

Nehemiah

4:11; 7:30; 7:37; 7:66; 8:2

Esther

3:8

Job

31:15; 31:15; 33:14; 33:14; 40:5; 42:14

Psalms

62:12; 89:36

Proverbs

28:18; 28:18

Ecclesiastes

7:27; 11:6

Isaiah

11:6; 11:7; 27:12; 30:17; 34:16; 65:25

Jeremiah

10:8; 24:2; 52:1; 52:1

Ezekiel

10:14; 26:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 31:1; 32:1; 33:30; 37:17; 45:18

Daniel

1:21; 9:1; 9:2; 10:13; 11:1; 11:20

Amos

4:7

Haggai

1:1; 2:1

Zechariah

14:9

Malachi

2:10

H259

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Strong's Number H259 matches the Hebrew אֶחָד ('eḥāḏ),
which occurs 976 times in 739 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 15 (Gen 1:5–Exo 12:18)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:5 - God called the light "day" and the darkness "night." There was evening, and there was morning, marking the first day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 1:9 - God said, "Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place and let dry ground appear." It was so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:11 - The name of the first is Pishon; it runs through the entire land of Havilah, where there is gold.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:21 - So the LORD God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep, and while he was asleep, he took part of the man's side and closed up the place with flesh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 - That is why a man leaves his father and mother and unites with his wife, and they become a new family.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:22 - And the LORD God said, "Now that the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil, he must not be allowed to stretch out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:19 - Lamech took two wives for himself; the name of the first was Adah, and the name of the second was Zillah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:5 - The waters kept on receding until the tenth month. On the first day of the tenth month, the tops of the mountains became visible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 8:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 8:13 - In Noah's six hundred and first year, in the first day of the first month, the waters had dried up from the earth, and Noah removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:25 - Two sons were born to Eber: One was named Peleg because in his days the earth was divided, and his brother's name was Joktan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:1 - The whole earth had a common language and a common vocabulary.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:6 - And the LORD said, "If as one people all sharing a common language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be beyond them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:9 - "Out of our way!" they cried, and "This man came to live here as a foreigner, and now he dares to judge us! We'll do more harm to you than to them!" They kept pressing in on Lot until they were close enough to break down the door.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:15 - When the water in the skin was gone, she shoved the child under one of the shrubs.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:2 - God said, "Take your son - your only son, whom you love, Isaac - and go to the land of Moriah! Offer him up there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will indicate to you."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:10 - Then Abimelech exclaimed, "What in the world have you done to us? One of the men might easily have had sexual relations with your wife, and you would have brought guilt on us!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 - Esau said to his father, "Do you have only that one blessing, my father? Bless me too!" Then Esau wept loudly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:44 - Live with him for a little while until your brother's rage subsides.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:45 - Stay there until your brother's anger against you subsides and he forgets what you did to him. Then I'll send someone to bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:20 - So Jacob worked for seven years to acquire Rachel. But they seemed like only a few days to him because his love for her was so great.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:8 - "If Esau attacks one camp," he thought, "then the other camp will be able to escape."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - During the night Jacob quickly took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven sons and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:13 - But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children are young, and that I have to look after the sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven too hard for even a single day, all the animals will die.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 34:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:16 - Then we will give you our daughters to marry, and we will take your daughters as wives for ourselves, and we will live among you and become one people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 34:22 - Only on this one condition will these men consent to live with us and become one people: They demand that every male among us be circumcised just as they are circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:9 - Then he had another dream, and told it to his brothers. "Look," he said. "I had another dream. The sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:20 - Come now, let's kill him, throw him into one of the cisterns, and then say that a wild animal ate him. Then we'll see how his dreams turn out!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:5 - Both of them, the cupbearer and the baker of the king of Egypt, who were confined in the prison, had a dream the same night. Each man's dream had its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:5 - Then he fell asleep again and had a second dream: There were seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, healthy and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:11 - We each had a dream one night; each of us had a dream with its own meaning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:22 - I also saw in my dream seven heads of grain growing on one stalk, full and good.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:25 - Then Joseph said to Pharaoh, "Both dreams of Pharaoh have the same meaning. God has revealed to Pharaoh what he is about to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:26 - The seven good cows represent seven years, and the seven good heads of grain represent seven years. Both dreams have the same meaning.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:11 - We are all the sons of one man; we are honest men! Your servants are not spies."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:13 - They replied, "Your servants are from a family of twelve brothers. We are the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is with our father at this time, and one is no longer alive."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:16 - One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:19 - If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:27 - When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We are from a family of twelve brothers; we are the sons of one father. One is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father at this time in the land of Canaan.'

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:33 - "Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:28 - The first disappeared and I said, "He has surely been torn to pieces." I have not seen him since.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:22 - As one who is above your brothers, I give to you the mountain slope, which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow."

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 - Dan will judge his people as one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:15 - The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 8:31 - and the LORD did as Moses asked - he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people. Not one remained!

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:6 - And the LORD did this on the next day; all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but of the Israelites' livestock not one died.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 9:7 - Pharaoh sent representatives to investigate, and indeed, not even one of the livestock of Israel had died. But Pharaoh's heart remained hard, and he did not release the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 10:19 - and the LORD turned a very strong west wind, and it picked up the locusts and blew them into the Red Sea. Not one locust remained in all the territory of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:1 - The LORD said to Moses, "I will bring one more plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt; after that he will release you from this place. When he releases you, he will drive you out completely from this place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:18 - In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

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