פירוש על מלכים א 14:3

Biscuits. A type of parched grain, dried in an oven, and they make flour from it to make it into a dish called שתיתא, in the language of the Gemara.¹It was a custom in those days to give a prophet a present before asking him a question. See I Shmuel 9:7,8.—Ralbag