Exodus

Exodus 16:15

¹⁵When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was.

So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When the Israelites	בְנֵֽי־	ḇə·nê-	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
saw it	וַיִּרְא֣וּ	way·yir·’ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7200 see
they asked	וַיֹּ֨אמְר֜וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
one	אִ֤ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
another	אָחִיו֙	’ā·ḥîw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H251 brother
What	מָ֣ן	mān	Interrogative	H4478 manna
is it	ה֔וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
For	כִּ֛י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they did not	לֹ֥א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדְע֖וּ	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
what	מַה־	mah-	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
it was	ה֑וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
So Moses	מֹשֶׁה֙	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses
told	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
them	אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	’ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H413 motion to
It	ה֣וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
is the bread	הַלֶּ֔חֶם	hal·le·ḥem	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H3899 bread, food
that	אֲשֶׁ֨ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
has given	נָתַ֧ן	nā·ṯan	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
you	לָכֶ֖ם	lā·ḵem	Preposition; second person masculine plural
to eat	לְאָכְלָֽה׃	lə·’āḵ·lāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H402 food, eating

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Exodus 16:4 · John 6:31–32 · John 6:58 · Exodus 16:31 · 1 Corinthians 10:3 · Deuteronomy 8:3 · Nehemiah 9:15 · Nehemiah 9:20 · Joshua 5:12 · John 6:49 · Numbers 21:5 · Exodus 16:33

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.