H0829 H0829
date-cake, portion; food item distributed at celebration, possibly pressed dates or meat
A food item distributed to the people during David's celebration when the ark was brought to Jerusalem. The exact nature of this portion remains uncertain—ancient and modern interpreters have variously suggested date cakes, raisin cakes, or portions of meat. The word appears only in the parallel accounts of this single festive occasion.
Senses
1. sense 1 — At the ark's arrival in Jerusalem, David distributed to all Israel 'a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake' (2 Samuel 6:19 = 1 Chronicles 16:3). This middle item's identity puzzled even ancient translators: the Greek Septuagint suggested 'cake or roll,' while modern versions waver between 'date cake' and 'portion of meat.' The uncertainty appears in multilingual glosses, where some transliterations simply preserve the Hebrew. The festive context suggests a choice food item, and the parallel structure indicates three distinct elements of the celebratory distribution. 2×
AR["وَ-قِطْعَةَ لَحْمٍ", "وَنَصِيبَ"]·ben["আর-মাংসের-অংশ", "প্রত্যেক"]·DE["[ואשפר]", "und-date-cake"]·EN["and-date-cake", "and-portion"]·FR["[ואשפר]", "et-date-cake"]·heb["ו-אשפר"]·HI["और-मांस-का-टुकड़ा", "और-मांस-का-भाग"]·ID["dan-kue-kurma", "dan-sepotong-daging"]·IT["[ואשפר]", "e-date-focaccia"]·jav["lan-daging", "lan-perangan-daging"]·KO["그-와-고기-한점", "그리고-고기-한-부분"]·PT["e-porção", "e-uma-porção"]·RU["и-кусок-мяса"]·ES["y-porción", "y-porción-de-carne"]·SW["na-kipande-cha-nyama"]·TR["ve-bir-parça-et", "ve-pay"]·urd["اور-کھجور-کا-ٹکڑا", "اور-گوشت-کا-ٹکڑا"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֶשְׁפָּר 2 S 6:19 = 1 Ch 16:3; 𝔊 2 S 6:19 Aq Symm cake or roll; other Verss. ancient & mod. have various conjectures, but actual etym. & meaning unknown; v. LagGGA 1884, No. 7, 262 = M i. 214 DrSm.