meat - A general term for food, which in this case consists of grain. Instead of measuring, it was necessary in extreme scarcity to weigh it…

By weight, twenty shekels a day. —The weight of the shekel is somewhat differently estimated by different authorities. Th…

This confirms what I have said, namely, that the scarcity should be such that the Prophet dared not eat even that bread to satiety: you shall e…

And your meat which you shall eat [shall be] by weight, twenty
shekels a day
To eat b…

The bread that was Ezekiel's support was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and h…