SHEWBREAD

SHEWBREAD Shew "bread `.

shewbread

shew bread |ˈʃoʊbrɛd |(also showbread |ˈSHōˌbred |) ▶noun twelve loaves placed every Sabbath in the Jewish Temple and eaten by the priests at the end of the week. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: suggested by German Schaubrot, representing Hebrew leḥem pānīm, literally ‘bread of the face (of God ).’

shewbread

shewbread |ˈʃəʊbrɛd | ▶noun [ mass noun ] twelve loaves placed every Sabbath in the Jewish Temple and eaten by the priests at the end of the week. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: suggested by German Schaubrot, representing Hebrew leḥem pānīm, literally ‘bread of the face (of God )’.