Study it in the app“We remember the fish that we used to eat in Egypt for nothing, the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic.”
We rememberזָכַרְנוּthe fishאֶת הַדָּגָהthatאֲשֶׁרwe used to eatנֹאכַלin Egyptבְּמִצְרַיִםfor nothing,חִנָּםthe cucumbers,אֵת הַקִּשֻּׁאִיםand the melons,וְאֵת הָאֲבַטִּחִיםand the leeks,וְאֶת הֶחָצִירand the onions,וְאֶת הַבְּצָלִיםand the garlic.וְאֶת הַשּׁוּמִים
remember
To bring something to mind and keep it present so as to act on it.
Where else “zacharnu” appearsfish
Fish; everything that lives in the water (a collective word).
Where else “daga” appearseat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “nochal” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsfree
Free, at no cost.
Where else “chinam” appearscucumber
Cucumber.
Where else “kishuim” appearsmelon
Melon or watermelon.
Where else “avatichim” appearsleek
A garden vegetable that is eaten, of the onion family.
Where else “chatsir” appearsonion
Onion.
Where else “betsalim” appearsgarlic
Garlic.
Where else “shumim” appearsEgypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
4And the crowd that was among them felt a great desire, and the sons of Israel also wept again and said, “Who will give us to eat meat?
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6But now our soul is dried up; there is nothing at all before our eyes but the manna.”
