coriander

«coriander» in Mova's judaism dictionary: A plant whose small round seeds and leaves are used to… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun

meaning for a pupil

A plant whose small round seeds and leaves are used to flavor food. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the plant that the manna, the food from heaven in the desert, is compared to, because of its small round shape and whitish color. Interpretation: The comparison hints that the manna was small and plain to look at but tasted of whatever the eater wished, as the rabbis taught.

examples

• Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. (Torah NUM.11.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. (Torah EXO.16.31, JPS 1917) tree →

note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

In the corpora

• Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «coriander» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.