Midvash

גַּדgad

coriander (Exodus 16:31; Numbers 11:7)

Pronunciation: gad · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1407

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 16:31 The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.
  • Numbers 11:7 The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).