The peopleהָעָםwould go aboutשָׁטוּand gather it,וְלָקְטוּand grind itוְטָחֲנוּin millsבָרֵחַיִםorאוֹbeat itדָכוּin a mortar,בַּמְּדֹכָהand boil itוּבִשְּׁלוּin pots,בַּפָּרוּרand makeוְעָשׂוּitאֹתוֹinto cakes;עֻגוֹתand its tasteוְ טַעְמוֹwasהָיָהlike the tasteכְּטַעַםof cakes bakedלְשַׁדwith oil.הַשָּׁמֶן
Numbers 11:8
Study it in the app“The people would go about and gather it, and grind it in mills or beat it in a mortar, and boil it in pots, and make it into cakes; and its taste was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:8, word by word
- The peopleעָםam
crowd
The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.
Where else “am” appears- would go aboutשָׁטוּshatu
roam
To go back and forth over a place, looking it over or searching for something.
Where else “shatu” appears- and gather itלָקְטוּlaktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “laktu” appears- and grind itטָחֲנוּtachanu
grind
Grind.
Where else “tachanu” appears- in millsרֵחַיִםrechayim
millstones
Hand mill, made of two stones. The slave woman who grinds was the lowest in rank in the house.
Where else “rechayim” appears- beat itדָכוּdachu
beat, crush
Crush in a mortar.
Where else “dachu” appears- in a mortarמְּדֹכָהmedocha
mortar
Mortar: a vessel for crushing.
Where else “medocha” appears- and boil itבִשְּׁלוּvishlu
boil
To prepare food over the fire in a pot with water.
Where else “vishlu” appears- in potsפָּרוּרparur
pot
Pot or pan.
Where else “parur” appears- and makeעָשׂוּasu
prepare
To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.
Where else “asu” appears- into cakesעֻגוֹתugot
flat cake
Round, thin loaf baked on hot stones.
Where else “ugot” appears- and its tasteטַעְמtam
taste
What is felt in the mouth when eating: the flavor of a food.
Where else “tam” appears- wasהָיָהhaya
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “haya” appears- of cakes bakedלְשַׁדleshad
cake
A tasty morsel, mixed with oil.
Where else “leshad” appears- with oilשָּׁמֶןshamen
oil
The fat pressed from olives, for eating, lighting or anointing.
Where else “shamen” appears
The context
7And the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.
8 · This verse (above)
9And when the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.