Raisin bun
אֶשְׁפָּרStrong’s H0829eshpar (esh-par)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Eshpar is the Hebrew word usually translated “date-cake”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, as well to the women as men, to every one a cake of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. So all the people departed every one to his house.”
Meaning
- Piece of meat, measured portion, date-cake (meaning and significance obscure)
How it's translated
- and a date-cake 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Samuel 1
- 1 Chronicles 1
2 books in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
אֶשְׁפָּר eshpar · raisin bun
piece of meat, measured portion, date-cake (meaning and significance obscure)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.