In AV, apart from Sir 30:25, where it signifies 'food,' this word occurs only in Jer 52:34, where RV has the more correct 'allowance,' i.e. of food, as AV in the parallel passage 2Ki 25:30. In Jer 40:5 the same word is rendered 'victuals,' but Revised Version margin 'allowance.'
And his allowance, a continual one, was given him by the king, every day a portion, for the rest of his life.
While [Jeremiah] was hesitating, [the captain of the guard] said, Go back then to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right for you to go. So the captain of the guard gave him an allowance of food and a present and let him go.
And his allowance, a continual one, was given him by the king of Babylon, a portion according to his requirements until the day of his death, all the days of his life.