===gadol gadowl גדל===''great''. The first occurrence of a gimel in scripture is in Ge 1:16 in the word ''great''. <ref>[[Ge 1:16]] And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: [he made] the stars also.</ref> By the letters it means ''he pursued man ג with his teachings teaching/command ד taught ל''. Breaking it down displays the embedded metaphor: ===Gad גד===''troop'' and ''coriander''. It might seem impossible for two words to be so different yet be identical in form, but not when talking of metaphor. By the letters Gad means ''pursue ג the teaching/command ד''. The troop, or soldier pursues obeying the command. Coriander was the flavor of manna. Israel obeyed God when they gathered manna, but there is more to it. Manna is the second unleavened bread. Jesus taught that the bread was his body given/broken for us AND Jesus is the Word. As they gathered manna they painted a picture of pursuing THE WORD.