flatbread
ra.qiq denotes an unleavened bread item, often described in clauses involving oil and offerings.
The term consistently identifies an unleavened bread item within food and offering preparations. Its plural construct forms occur alongside descriptions involving oil and fine flour, while singular forms designate one such item taken from a basket or placed with other bread items.
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Unleavened bread item in offering preparations · dominant
In Exodus 29:2 the plural construct form appears in a list of unleavened bread preparations; the APB renders the clause "unleavened wafers spread with oil." The same plural form occurs with grain or sacrifice offerings in Leviticus 2:4, Leviticus 7:12, and Numbers 6:15, where the APB renders clauses referring to unleavened wafers or flatbreads anointed with oil. In 1 Chronicles 23:29 it is listed among provisions connected with bread, flour, and mixed dough.
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A single item taken from an unleavened basket · common
In Exodus 29:23 and Leviticus 8:26, the singular absolute form names one item selected from the basket of unleavened bread alongside other bread items; the APB renders it "one wafer." In Numbers 6:19, the singular construct form is likewise one unleavened item placed on the Nazirite's palms with a loaf and the ram's shoulder.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously renders the relevant bread item as "wafers," "flatbreads," and "wafer" across the supplied verses. These renderings confirm the bread-item setting but do not establish separate lexical senses.