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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. (KJV)
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שָׁטוּ֩sha.Tuthey went about
Lemma: שׁוּט (shut) · Strong's: H7751A
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to rove
Used 11 times. Also: 2 Samuel 24:2, 2 Samuel 24:8, 2 Chronicles 16:9, Job 1:7, Job 2:2, Jeremiah 5:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7751A; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 1
הָעָ֨םha.'Amthe people
Lemma: עַם (am) · Strong's: H5971A
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: people
Used 1756 times. Also: Genesis 11:6, Genesis 14:16, Genesis 17:16, Genesis 19:4, Genesis 23:7, Genesis 23:11 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5971A; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 2
וְלָֽקְט֜וּve.la.ke.Tuand they gathered
Lemma: לָקַט (la.qat) · Strong's: H3950
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 31:46, Genesis 47:14, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3950; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 3
וְטָחֲנ֣וּve.ta.cha.Nuand they ground
Lemma: טָחַן (ta.chan) · Strong's: H2912
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to grind
Used 8 times. Also: Exodus 32:20, Deuteronomy 9:21, Judges 16:21, Job 31:10, Ecclesiastes 12:3, Isaiah 3:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2912; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 4
בָרֵחַ֗יִםva.re.Cha.yimin <the> hand-mill
Lemma: רֵחֶה (re.cheh) · Strong's: H7347
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Dual · Absolute (HNcmda)
Meaning: millstone
Used 5 times. Also: Exodus 11:5, Deuteronomy 24:6, Isaiah 47:2, Jeremiah 25:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7347; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 5
א֤וֹ'oor
Lemma: אוֹ (o) · Strong's: H0176A
Parsing: Conjunction (HC)
Meaning: or
Used 320 times. Also: Genesis 24:49, Genesis 24:50, Genesis 24:55, Genesis 31:43, Genesis 44:8, Genesis 44:19 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0176A; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 6
דָכוּ֙da.Khuthey pounded
Lemma: דּוּךְ (dukh) · Strong's: H1743
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqp3cp)
Meaning: to beat
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1743; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 7
בַּמְּדֹכָ֔הba.me.do.Khahin <the> mortar
Lemma: מְדֹכָה (me.do.khah) · Strong's: H4085
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)
Meaning: mortar
Used 1 time. All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4085; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 8
וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙u.vi.she.Luand they boiled
Lemma: בָּשַׁל (ba.shal) · Strong's: H1310
Parsing: Verb · Piel (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVpq3cp)
Meaning: to boil
Used 28 times. Also: Genesis 40:10, Exodus 12:9, Exodus 16:23, Exodus 23:19, Exodus 29:31, Exodus 34:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1310; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 9
בַּפָּר֔וּרba.pa.Rurin <the> pot
Lemma: פָּרוּר (pa.rur) · Strong's: H6517
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: pot
Used 3 times. Also: Judges 6:19, 1 Samuel 2:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6517; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 10
וְעָשׂ֥וּve.'a.Suand they made
Lemma: עָשָׂה (a.sah) · Strong's: H6213H
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Either gender · Plural (HVqq3cp)
Meaning: to make
Used 736 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:12, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:25, Genesis 1:26 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6213H; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 11
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> it
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 12
עֻג֑וֹתu.Gotbread cakes
Lemma: עֻגָה (ug.gah) · Strong's: H5692
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: bun
Used 7 times. Also: Genesis 18:6, Exodus 12:39, 1 Kings 17:13, 1 Kings 19:6, Ezekiel 4:12, Hosea 7:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5692; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 13
וְהָיָ֣הve.ha.Yahand it was
Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to be
Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 14
טַעְמ֔וֹta'.Motaste its
Lemma: טַ֫עַם (ta.am) · Strong's: H2940
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: taste
Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 16:31, 1 Samuel 21:13, 1 Samuel 25:33, Job 6:6, Job 12:20, Psalms 34:0 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2940; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 15
כְּטַ֖עַםke.Ta.'amlike [the] taste of
Lemma: טַ֫עַם (ta.am) · Strong's: H2940
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: taste
Used 13 times. Also: Exodus 16:31, 1 Samuel 21:13, 1 Samuel 25:33, Job 6:6, Job 12:20, Psalms 34:0 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2940; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 16
לְשַׁ֥דle.Shad<the> cake of
Lemma: לָשָׁד (le.shad) · Strong's: H3955
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: juicy bit
Used 2 times. Also: Psalms 32:4 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3955; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 17
הַשָּֽׁמֶן\׃ha.Sha.men<the> oil
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) · Strong's: H8081
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: oil
Used 193 times. Also: Genesis 28:18, Genesis 35:14, Exodus 25:6, Exodus 27:20, Exodus 29:2, Exodus 29:7 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8081; TAHOT Numbers 11:8 word 18
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| The people | → | עַם H5971A people |
| walked around | → | שׁוּט H7751A to rove |
| and gathered it | → | לָקַט H3950 to gather |
| ground it | → | טָחַן H2912 to grind |
| on a handmill | → | רֵחֶה H7347 millstone |
| or | → | אוֹ H0176A or |
| crushed it | → | דּוּךְ H1743 to beat |
| in a mortar | → | מְדֹכָה H4085 mortar |
| then boiled | → | בָּשַׁל H1310 to boil |
| it in a cooking pot | → | פָּרוּר H6517 pot |
| or shaped it into | → | עָשָׂה H6213H to make |
| cakes | → | עֻגָה H5692 bun |
| . . . | → | הָיָה H1961 to be |
| It tasted | → | טַ֫עַם H2940 taste |
| . . . | → | טַ֫עַם H2940 taste |
| like pastry | → | לָשָׁד H3955 juicy bit |
| baked with fine oil | → | שֶׁ֫מֶן H8081 oil |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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