מָן

man

MAHN

manna — literally, what is it?

Where it comes from

The name is a question. They saw it on the ground and said man hu, what is it, and the question stuck as the noun. Israel ate a thing they never managed to identify for forty years, and it kept them alive the whole time.

Every place it appears

Strong's H4478. It stands in 12 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. See them →

Exodus 16:15

And 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.

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