Numbers 11:8

“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.”

Numbers 11:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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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.

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and makeעָשׂוּasu

prepare

To prepare food; offer a sacrifice; keep a feast.

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into cakesעֻגוֹתugot

flat cake

Round, thin loaf baked on hot stones.

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and its tasteטַעְמtam

taste

What is felt in the mouth when eating: the flavor of a food.

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wasהָיָהhaya

be

To be: "I will be their Elohim".

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of cakes bakedלְשַׁדleshad

cake

A tasty morsel, mixed with oil.

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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.

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