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Numbers 11:7
“And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָןmân · mawn
H4478 · Hebrew
H4478 · Hebrew
- Definition
- literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
- Derivation
- from H4100 (מָה);
- KJV renderings
- manna.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- מָּ֕ן — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 16:15Exodus 16:31Exodus 16:33Exodus 16:35Exodus 16:35
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.