Exodus
Exodus 16:31
31Now the house of Israel called the bread manna.f It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
Footnotes
- f 16:31 Manna sounds like the Hebrew for What is it? (see verse 15).
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Now the house | בֵֽית־ | ḇêṯ- | Noun - masculine singular construct | H1004 house |
| of Israel | יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל | yiś·rā·’êl | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3478 Israel |
| called | וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ | way·yiq·rə·’ū | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | H7121 call, proclaim, read |
| manna | מָ֑ן | mān | Noun - masculine singular | H4478 manna |
| It | וְה֗וּא | wə·hū | Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - third person masculine singular | H1931 he, she |
| was white | לָבָ֔ן | lā·ḇān | Adjective - masculine singular | H3836 white |
| like coriander | גַּד֙ | gaḏ | Noun - masculine singular | H1407 coriander |
| seed | כְּזֶ֤רַע | kə·ze·ra‘ | Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct | H2233 sowing, seed, offspring |
| and tasted | וְטַעְמ֖וֹ | wə·ṭa‘·mōw | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H2940 taste, judgement |
| like wafers | כְּצַפִּיחִ֥ת | kə·ṣap·pî·ḥiṯ | Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular | H6838 flat cake, wafer |
| made with honey | בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃ | biḏ·ḇāš | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular | H1706 honey |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Numbers 11:6–9 · Song of Solomon 2:3 · Exodus 16:15
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.