Lexical Definition

‎אֶשְׁפָּר‎ ʼeshpâr (esh-pawr') raisin bun ^H:N-M
of uncertain derivation

good piece (of flesh).

• a measured portion

1) piece of meat, measured portion, date-cake (meaning and significance obscure)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֶשְׁפָּר‎ 2Sam 6:19 = 1Chr 16:3 ᵐ5 2Sam 6:19 Aq Symm. cake or roll; other Verss. ancient & modern have various conjectures, but actual etymology & meaning unknown; see Lag^{GGA 1884, No. 7. 262 = M i. 214} Dr^Sm. ‎אַשְׁפֹּת‎, ‎אַשְׁפַּתּוֺת‎ see ‎שׁפת‎.

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