Cracknel

Cracknel

Small dry cake; cracker.

And take with thee ten loaves, and CRACKNELS, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. ( 1 Kings 1:1 Isaiah 14:3 )

CRACKNEL

krak'nel:

Occurs in 1 Kings 14:3, where Jeroboam bids his wife go to Abijah to inquire concerning their son: "And take with thee ten loaves and cracknels" (King James Version margins "cakes," the English Revised Version "cracknels," the American Standard Revised Version "cakes"). The Hebrew word is niqquddim, from naqadh, "to prick" or "mark"; most probably cakes with holes pricked in them like our biscuits.