See BREAD, and EATING.
In a few places this term refers to a tablet which could be written on, as in Hab 2:2; Lu 1:63; 2Co 3:3. In Mr 7:4 the word translated 'table' is ?????, 'a couch,' often translated 'bed' in
the A.V.
Then the LORD answered me and said, "Record the vision And inscribe it on tablets, That the one who reads it may run.
and when they come from the market place, they do not eat unless they cleanse themselves; and there are many other things which they have received in order to observe, such as the washing of cups and pitchers and copper pots.)
And he asked for a tablet and wrote as follows, "His name is John." And they were all astonished.
For you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God.