Numbers 11:8
The 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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ASV
The people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in mortars, and boiled it in pots, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
KJV
And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.
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18 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁטוּ֩ | sha.Tu | they went about | H7751 → |
| הָעָ֨ם | ha.'Am | the people | H5971 → |
| וְלָֽקְט֜וּ | ve.la.ke.Tu | and they gathered | H3950 → |
| וְטָחֲנ֣וּ | ve.ta.cha.Nu | and they ground | H2912 → |
| בָרֵחַ֗יִם | va.re.Cha.yim | in <the> hand-mill | H7347 → |
| א֤וֹ | 'o | or | H176 → |
| דָכוּ֙ | da.Khu | they pounded | H1743 → |
| בַּמְּדֹכָ֔ה | ba.me.do.Khah | in <the> mortar | H4085 → |
| וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙ | u.vi.she.Lu | and they boiled | H1310 → |
| בַּפָּר֔וּר | ba.pa.Rur | in <the> pot | H6517 → |
| וְעָשׂ֥וּ | ve.'a.Su | and they made | H6213 → |
| אֹת֖וֹ | 'o.To | <obj.> it | H853 → |
| עֻג֑וֹת | u.Got | bread cakes | H5692 → |
| וְהָיָ֣ה | ve.ha.Yah | and it was | H1961 → |
| טַעְמ֔וֹ | ta'.Mo | taste its | H2940 → |
| כְּטַ֖עַם | ke.Ta.'am | like [the] taste of | H2940 → |
| לְשַׁ֥ד | le.Shad | <the> cake of | H3955 → |
| הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃ | ha.Sha.men | <the> oil | H8081 → |
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