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שׁוּם
shum
H7762
H:N-M Hebrew

garlic

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Shum denotes garlic in a remembered list of foods eaten in Egypt.

The term names garlic as one item in a recalled list of foods formerly eaten in Egypt in Numbers 11:5.

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  1. Garlic in a remembered food list · dominant

    In Numbers 11:5, the masculine plural absolute form occurs as part of a list of foods remembered from Egypt; the APB renders the list with “the garlic.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Numbers 11:5, the APB includes “the garlic” at the end of the remembered food list. The verse is read as a whole, though the list context supports this presentation.

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