me.do.khah is a vessel used for beating material as the people prepared it for cooking.

The term denotes the vessel into which the gathered substance was beaten during preparation; Numbers 11:8 places it alongside grinding, boiling, and making cakes.

1. Vessel for beating prepared food · dominant

   In Numbers 11:8, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the sequence of preparing the gathered substance: it was ground in millstones or beaten in this vessel before being boiled and made into cakes. The APB renders the clause "beat it in the mortar," confirming the vessel’s place in that preparation sequence.

   Numbers 11:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 11:8, the APB presents the term in the clause "beat it in the mortar." This wording is treated as the verse’s presentation of the preparation action and vessel.