Exodus 16:4
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"Then said the LORD unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
רָאָה
râʼâh
to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
לֶחֶם
lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
שָׁמַיִם
shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r...
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
דָּבָר
dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
יוֹם
yôwm
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso...
נָסָה
nâçâh
to test; by implication, to attempt
הֵן
hên
lo! also there(-fore), (un-) less, whether, but, if
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
תּוֹרָה
tôwrâh
a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch
Key Terms in This Verse
דָּבָר dâbâr
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Study H1697 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →לֶחֶם lechem
food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
Study H3899 →שָׁמַיִם shâmayim
the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
Study H8064 →Cross References
And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep ...
The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved t...
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;
And gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst, and promisedst them that they should go in to possess the land which thou hads...
Give us this day our daily bread.
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites...
For it was the king’s commandment concerning them, that a certain portion should be for the singers, due for every day.
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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