hebrew #4478 - מָן man (manna (a kind of bread))
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance manna From mah; literally, a whatness (so to speak), i.e. Manna (so called from the question about it) -- manna. see HEBREW mah Englishman's Concordance 1) manna 1a) the bread from Heaven that fed the Israelites for 40 years of wilderness wanderings 1b) means ‘What is it?’ Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H4100 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1208, 1209 Brown-Driver-Briggs I. מָןnoun masculineNumbers 11:9manna (=Arabic  , known to Bedouin in Sinai Peninsula; a juice exuding in heavy drops from twigs (some say also the leaves) of ˆarfa (ˆªrfa) tree (tamarix gallica mannifera) in West Sinai Peninsula, end of May and in June, sweet, sticky, honey-like; compare DiExodus 16:36 RobBRi. 75, 115, 590 EbGS 233 ff., 574 ff. SocZMG xxxiv. 1881, 254); — ׳מ absolute Exodus 16:15 12t., suffix מַנֵךָNehemiah 9:20: — manna: וַיּאֹמְרוּ מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ מַההֿוּאExodus 16:15; Exodus 16:31; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:35; Exodus 16:35; Numbers 11:6,7,9 (described Exodus 16:14,31; Numbers 11:7; accompare dew Exodus 16:14; Numbers 11:9); ceased after Israel reached Canaan Joshua 5:12 (twice in verse); as 2nd accusativeהֶאֱכִילְךָ אֶתהַֿמָּןDeuteronomy 8:3, compare Deuteronomy 8:16מָן לֶאֱכֹל וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶםPsalm 78:24; וּמַנְךָ לֹאמָֿנַעְתָּ מִמִּיהֶםNehemiah 9:20. II. מָן in Exodus 16:15 (with reference to the manna) מַההֿוּא וַיּאֹמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶלאָֿחִיו מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ, most probably 'What is it?' the question being intended as a popular etymology of מָן 'manna,' based upon the late Aramaic Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 4478. מָן (man) — 14 OccurrencesExodus 16:15 Exodus 16:31 Exodus 16:33 Exodus 16:35 Exodus 16:35 Numbers 11:6 Numbers 11:7 Numbers 11:9 Deuteronomy 8:3 Deuteronomy 8:16 Joshua 5:12 Joshua 5:12 Nehemiah 9:20 Psalm 78:24 |
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