be.do.lach is a named material, listed with valuable substances and used as a comparison for manna's appearance.

The term denotes a named material: Genesis 2:12 places it alongside gold and onyx, while Numbers 11:7 uses its appearance as the comparison for manna.

1. A named material used in listing and comparison · dominant

   In Genesis 2:12, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in a statement that the land has gold, this material, and onyx; the APB renders the list as “there is bdellium and the onyx stone.” In Numbers 11:7, the same form supplies the object of a comparison concerning manna's appearance; the APB renders that clause “its appearance was like the appearance of bdellium.”

   Genesis 2:12Numbers 11:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “bdellium” in both verses: once in a list of materials and once as the stated comparison for manna's appearance. The verse is read as a whole, but both clauses visibly retain the named material.