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five bread loaves of barley
"Five loaves of barley bread." Barley was a common grain.
loaves
Loaves of bread are lumps of dough that are shaped and baked. These were probably small dense, round loaves.
what are these among so many?
This remark appears in the form of a question to emphasize that they do not have enough food to feed everyone. Alternate translation: "these few loaves and fishes are not enough to feed so many people!" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion)