Nāzîyd (נָזִיד) means boiled pottage, stew — a thick dish of lentils or legumes. From zîyd (to boil). Appears in Genesis and 2 Kings.
Genesis 25:29-34: Esau sells his birthright for red lentil stew. Hebrews 12:16-17 cites this as warning: 'godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his inheritance rights.' The pottage represents immediate gratification traded for eternal inheritance. Esau's 'I am about to die' was hyperbole — he was hungry, not dying. Yet he treated eternal blessing as worthless. The warning is perpetually relevant: don't trade heavenly inheritance for earthly satisfaction. In 2 Kings 4:38-41, Elisha miraculously heals poisoned stew — death-dealing nāzîyd becomes nourishing.