leaven

The Greek and Hebrew that is translated as “leaven” (or “yeast”) in English is translated in Tzotzil as “the thing that swells the stomach of bread” and in Mairasi “bread cooking ingredient” (source: Enggavoter 2004)

In the occurrences in Mark 8:15 it is translated in Wantoat as “salt.” (Source: Ronald D. Olson in Notes on Translation January, 1968, p. 15ff.)

See also leaven (1Cor 5:6).

Translation commentary on Deuteronomy 16:4

No leaven shall be seen with you: this simply means that all leaven (or yeast) was to be removed from every household. Leaven was seen as an impure substance, and the word was sometimes used as a figure of evil.

The second part of the verse requires that the whole animal offered in sacrifice be eaten the first night, which seems to conflict with the instructions in verse 3. It may be, however, that we are to understand that a fresh animal was slaughtered each night of the seven-day festival.

The flesh which you sacrifice: more naturally, “the meat of the animal that you offered in sacrifice.” The meaning of nor shall any of the flesh … remain is that the whole animal had to be eaten that very same evening.

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .