an ass laden: Chamor lechem, literally, "an ass of bread," rendered by the LXX γομορ αρτων, a gomor of bread; meaning, probably, not an animal, but a vessel containing a certain measure of bread. 1Sa 10:27, 1Sa 17:18, 1Sa 25:18; Gen 43:11; 2Sa 16:1-2; Pro 18:16