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.
The LORD answered me, "Write the vision, and make it plain on tablets, that he who runs may read it.
They do not eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they wash, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, copper vessels, and dining couches.)
And he asked for a writing tablet, and wrote, "His name is John." And they were all amazed.
For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.