- Original: מצה - Transliteration: Matsah - Phonetic: maw-tsaw' - Definition: 1. to drain, drain out a. (Qal) to drain, drain out b. (Niphal) to be drained out - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1232 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to suck out; by implication to drain to squeeze out: - suck wring (out). Total KJV Occurrences: 7 • out, 6 Leviticus 1:15; Leviticus 5:9; Psalm 73:10; Psalm 75:8; Isaiah 51:17; Ezekiel 23:34 • wrung, 1 Judges 6:38