Exodus 16:31
Old Testament • 15 words with Strong's data
"And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey."
Word-by-Word Analysis
בַּיִת
bayith
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
יִשְׂרָאֵל
Yisrâʼêl
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
קָרָא
qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
מָן
mân
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
זֶרַע
zeraʻ
seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity
טַעַם
ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
דָּמָה
dâmâh
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
עָשָׂה
ʻâsâh
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
Key Terms in This Verse
מָן mân
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
Study H4478 →טַעַם ṭaʻam
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Study H2940 →קָרָא qârâʼ
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Study H7121 →Cross References
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
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