Numbers 11:8
King James Version (1769)
Other translations
| Verse | KJV | BSB | ASV |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 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. | 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. | 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. |
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Original Hebrew words
| English | Hebrew | Say it | Strong's | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| they went about | שָׁטוּ֩ | sha-TU | H7751A | to roveשׁוּט (shut) 1) to go, go or rove about, go to and fro 1a) (Qal) to go or rove about 1b) (Polel) to go to and fro, go eagerly or quickly to and fro 1c) (Hithpolel) to run to and fro |
| the people | הָעָ֨ם | ha-'AM | H5971A | peopleעַם (am) : people/nation 1) nation, people 1a) people, nation 1b) persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men |
| and they gathered | וְלָֽקְט֜וּ | ve-la-ke-TU | H3950 | to gatherלָקַט (la.qat) 1) to pick up, gather, glean, gather up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pick up, gather 1a2) to glean 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to gather, gather up 1b2) to collect (money) 1b3) to glean 1c) (Pual) to be picked up 1d) (Hithpael) to collect oneself |
| and they ground | וְטָחֲנ֣וּ | ve-ta-cha-NU | H2912 | to grindטָחַן (ta.chan) (Qal) to grind, crush |
| in the hand-mill | בָרֵחַ֗יִם | va-re-CHA-yim | H7347 | millstoneרֵחֶה (re.cheh) 1) handmills 1a) a pair of millstones for grinding |
| or | א֤וֹ | 'o | H0176A | orאוֹ (o) 1) or, rather 1a) implying that the latter choice is preferred 1b) or if, introducing an example to be seen under a particular principle 1c) (in series) either...or, whether...or 1d) if perchance 1e) except, or else 2) whether, not the least, if, otherwise, also, and, then |
| they pounded | דָכוּ֙ | da-KHU | H1743 | to beatדּוּךְ (dukh) (Qal) to pound, beat (in mortar) |
| in the mortar | בַּמְּדֹכָ֔ה | ba-me-do-KHAH | H4085 | mortarמְדֹכָה (me.do.khah) mortar |
| and they boiled | וּבִשְּׁלוּ֙ | u-vi-she-LU | H1310 | to boilבָּשַׁל (ba.shal) 1) to boil, cook, bake, roast, ripen, grow ripe 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to boil, cook 1a2) to grow ripe, ripen 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to boil 1b2) to cook 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be boiled 1c2) to be sodden 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to ripen 1d2) ripen, brought to ripeness |
| in the pot | בַּפָּר֔וּר | ba-pa-RUR | H6517 | potפָּרוּר (pa.rur) pan, pot |
| and they made | וְעָשׂ֥וּ | ve-'a-SU | H6213H | to makeעֲבַד (a.vad) 1) to make, do 1a)(P'al) 1a1) to make, create 1a2) to do, perform 1b) (Ithp'al) 1b1) to be made into 1b2) to be done, be wrought, be performed, be executed, be carried out |
| bread cakes | עֻג֑וֹת | u-GOT | H5692 | bunעֻגָה (ug.gah) 1) disc or cake (of bread) 1a) cake of hot stones (cake baked on hot stones) |
| and it was | וְהָיָ֣ה | ve-ha-YAH | H1961 | to beהָיָה (ha.yah) 1) to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out 1a) (Qal) 1a1) --- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) … |
| taste its | טַעְמ֔וֹ | ta'-MO | H2940 | tasteטַ֫עַם (ta.am) 1) taste, judgment 1a) taste 1b) judgment (fig.) 1c) decision, decree |
| like [the] taste of | כְּטַ֖עַם | ke-TA-'am | H2940 | tasteטַ֫עַם (ta.am) 1) taste, judgment 1a) taste 1b) judgment (fig.) 1c) decision, decree |
| the cake of | לְשַׁ֥ד | le-SHAD | H3955 | juicy bitלָשָׁד (le.shad) juice, juicy bit, dainty bit |
| the oil | הַשָּֽׁמֶן׃ | ha-SHA-men | H8081 | oilשֶׁ֫מֶן (she.men) 1) fat, oil 1a) fat, fatness 1b) oil, olive oil 1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent 1b2) for anointing 1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph) |
Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.