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Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

The things that my nefesh refused to touch are like my loathsome lechem.

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Does a wild donkey(A) bray(B) when it has grass,
    or an ox bellow when it has fodder?(C)
Is tasteless food eaten without salt,
    or is there flavor in the sap of the mallow[a]?(D)
I refuse to touch it;
    such food makes me ill.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.