cracknel, mouldy

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(that cracks). Hard brittle cakes (1 Kings 14:3³And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. (1 Kings 14:3)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A kind of cake not definitely known (1 Kings 14:3³And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. (1 Kings 14:3)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5350 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

niqqud

Phonic:

nik-kood’

Meaning:

from the same as 5348; a crumb (as broken to spots); also a biscuit (as pricked)

KJV Usage:

cracknel, mouldy

From Manners and Customs of the Bible:

1 Kings 14:3³And take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him: he shall tell thee what shall become of the child. (1 Kings 14:3). Take with thee ten loaves, and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, and go to him.

Cracknels (nikkuddim) were some sort of thin hard biscuit carried by the common people on their journeys. Their name (from nakad, to mark with points) may indicate thin punctured biscuits, or those which will easily crumble.