According to Vine’s Expository Dictionary, it “indicates a relation between the person knowing and the object known; in this respect, what is known is of value or importance to the one who knows, and hence the establishment of the relationship. ”
आधीच्या वचनात पौलाने “देवाच्या वचनाची मुळाक्षरे ” असे वर्णन केलेल्या ‘ दुधाची ’ तुलना ‘ जड अन्‍नाशी ’ केली.