Numbers

Numbers 11:8

⁸The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The people	הָעָ֨ם	hā·‘ām	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H5971 people
walked around	שָׁטוּ֩	šā·ṭū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7751 go or rove about
and gathered it	וְלָֽקְט֜וּ	wə·lā·qə·ṭū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H3950 pick or gather up
ground it	וְטָחֲנ֣וּ	wə·ṭā·ḥă·nū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H2912 grind
on a handmill	בָרֵחַ֗יִם	ḇā·rê·ḥa·yim	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - md	H7347 mill
or	א֤וֹ	’ōw	Conjunction	H176 or
crushed it	דָכוּ֙	ḏā·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H1743 pound, beat
in a mortar	בַּמְּדֹכָ֔ה	bam·mə·ḏō·ḵāh	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4085 mortar
then boiled	וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙	ū·ḇiš·šə·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H1310 boil, seethe
it in a cooking pot	בַּפָּר֔וּר	bap·pā·rūr	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H6517 pot
or shaped it into	וְעָשׂ֥וּ	wə·‘ā·śū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural	H6213 do, make
cakes	עֻג֑וֹת	‘u·ḡō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H5692 disc or cake of bread
It tasted	טַעְמ֔וֹ	ṭa‘·mōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H2940 taste, judgement
like pastry	לְשַׁ֥ד	lə·šaḏ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3955 juice, juicy or dainty bit, dainty
baked with fine oil	הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃	haš·šā·men	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H8081 fat, oil

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Exodus 16:31 · Exodus 16:16–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.