Passover
pe.sach denotes the appointed observance to the LORD and, in sacrificial contexts, the animal or offering prepared for it.
The noun most often denotes an appointed observance to the LORD, marked by doing, keeping, or making it at a specified time; in slaughtering, roasting, and provision clauses, it also denotes the animal or offerings prepared for that observance.
Senses in use
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Appointed observance to the LORD · dominant
The singular noun names an observance that Israel is commanded to do or keep at its appointed time: in Numbers 9:5 the APB renders that they did it on the fourteenth day at twilight, and in Joshua 5:10 it renders that they kept it while camped at Gilgal. In Deuteronomy 16:1 the clause joins making it to the LORD with remembrance of departure from Egypt, while Ezekiel 45:21 places it on the fourteenth day and describes a seven-day feast.
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Animal or offering prepared for the observance · common
In sacrificial clauses, the noun identifies what is slaughtered or prepared: in Exodus 12:21 the APB renders the instruction to slaughter it, and in 2 Chronicles 35:13 it renders that it was roasted in fire. The plural noun occurs where provisions are supplied as offerings in 2 Chronicles 35:7 and 2 Chronicles 35:8.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun as "Passover" in clauses about keeping or doing the observance, while sacrificial contexts add wording such as "Passover lamb," "Passover offerings," or "Passover sacrifice." These are presentations of whole clauses in a translation renderings.