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Rashi on Numbers 11:7/רש"י על במדבר י״א:ז׳
אוהמן כזרע גד. מִי שֶׁאָמַר זֶה לֹא אָמַר זֶה, יִשְֹרָאֵל אוֹמְרִים "בִּלְתִּי אֶל הַמָּן עֵינֵינוּ" וְהַקָּבָּ"ה הִכְתִּיב בַּתּוֹרָה "וְהַמָּן כִּזְרַע גַּד" וְגוֹ', כְּלוֹמַר רְאוּ בָּאֵי עוֹלָם עַל מָה מִתְלוֹנְנִים בָּנַי, וְהַמָּן כָּךְ וְכָךְ הוּא חָשׁוּב:
1והמן כזרע גד AND THE MANNA WAS AS CORIANDER SEED — He who said that (the previous verse) did not say this: Israel said, “our eyes are only on this manna”, but the Holy One, blessed be He had it written in the Torah, and the manna was like coriander seed” — as much as to say “See, ye people of the world, about what My sons were complaining, whilst as a matter of fact the manna is excellent in so many different ways!” (Sifrei Bamidbar 88).
בכזרע גד. עָגֹל כְּגִידָּא — זֶרַע קוליינדר"ו:
2כזרע גד i.e. it was round like גד, coriander-seed in O. F.
גהבדלח. שֵׁם אֶבֶן טוֹבָה קריסט"ל:
3הבדלח is the name of a precious stone. BEDELLIUM. (Some editions add the O. F. קרישטל crystal).