He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Butter, х chem'aah (H2529), curdled milk; Septuagint, bouturon: a favourite beverage in the East]. Josephus calls it sour milk, which, diluted with water, is called "leban", and is common, for a refreshing, beverage in Palestine.
In a lordly dish, х bªceepel (H5602) 'adiyriym (H117)] - in a princely, i:e., precious, bowl.