“And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?”
The rabble among them had a strong craving; and the Israelites also wept again, saying, 'If only we had meat to eat!' — the 'rabble' (asafsuf, lit. 'gathering-stuff,' perhaps non-Israelites who joined the exodus) initiates a new complaint: hunger for meat. The phrase 'wept again' (vayyasu 'od) implies this is not a first outburst but a recurring pattern. The memory of Egyptian abundance haunts Israel: 'If only we had meat to eat!'
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