Exodus 16:31
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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.Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
In other translations
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.Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
Hebrew words
וַיִּקְרְאוּvaiyikre'uand they calledH7121בֵית־veit-[the] household ofH1004יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853שְׁמוֹshemoname itsH8034מָןmanmannaH4478וְהוּאvehu'and itH1931כְּזֶרַעkezera'[was] like [the] seed ofH2233גַּדgadcorianderH1407לָבָןlavanwhiteH3836וְטַעְמוֹveta'moand taste itsH2940כְּצַפִּיחִתketzapichit[was] like a waferH6838בִּדְבָשׁ׃bidvashwith honeyH1706
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Related verses
- Numbers 11:6-96 But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes. 7 And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium. 8 And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil. 9 And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it.6 But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” 7 Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin. 8 The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil. 9 When the dew fell on the camp at night, the manna would fall with it.
- Exodus 16:15And 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.When 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.
- Song of Solomon 2:3As 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.Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
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People: Jacob