na.zid denotes a prepared dish cooked in a pot, including the lentil dish given to Esau and food named in a ritual question.

The term consistently denotes a prepared cooked dish: it is boiled and served from a pot in 2 Kings, prepared by Jacob and given to Esau in Genesis, and listed among foods in Haggai's question about contact with holy flesh.

1. Prepared dish served or named as food · dominant

   In 2 Kings 4:38 the masculine singular absolute form is the dish boiled in a great pot for the sons of the prophets; 2 Kings 4:39 and 2 Kings 4:40 continue with ingredients sliced into the pot and the food poured out for men to eat. In Genesis 25:29 Jacob boils it, Genesis 25:34 names it with lentils in the food given to Esau, and Haggai 2:12 includes it among food items touched by a garment fold.

   2 Kings 4:382 Kings 4:392 Kings 4:40Genesis 25:29Genesis 25:34Haggai 2:12

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB consistently presents the term as “stew,” including “lentil stew” in Genesis 25:34. This rendering is confirmed by the surrounding actions of boiling, putting ingredients into a pot, serving, eating, and listing food.