le.shad denotes a rich, sustaining quality, applied to food with oil and to strength diminished by hardship.

The attested uses point to a rich or sustaining quality: Numbers 11:8 places it in the taste of prepared food with oil, while Psalm 32:4 places it in a statement about strength failing under persistent distress.

1. Rich quality in prepared food · dominant

   In Numbers 11:8, the masculine singular construct form occurs in the clause describing the taste of cakes made after the people gathered, ground, beat, and boiled the food. The APB renders the comparison as “like the taste of a juicy bit of oil.”

   Numbers 11:8
2. Strength diminished under hardship · common

   In Psalm 32:4, the masculine singular construct form occurs in the speaker's statement that God's hand was heavy upon him by day and night. The APB renders the resulting condition as “my strength was turned in the droughts of summer.”

   Psalm 32:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term's contexts with “a juicy bit of oil” in Numbers 11:8 and “my strength” in Psalm 32:4. These phrases confirm the clauses' differing contexts rather than establish exact English equivalents.