But there was no bread. Bread was the all-important commodity in the ancient east. Hosea paid part of the purchase-price in grain. Today there are few public officials more important than the minister of finance and the president of the central bank. In the ancient world the most important public official was the one responsible for bread.
Bread is consumed in large quantities.
It's one of life's necessities. I've got to have a second job just to put bread on the table. Everyone knows what the expression is meant to convey. When we pray for daily bread we are praying for all of life's necessities as symbolized by bread. When our Lord multiplied the loaves and healed the sick and raised the dead he wasn't doing three different things.