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Exodus 16:15 — King James Version← Study notes

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.


Exodus 16:15Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:1524 words
וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
מָןmānWhatness
הוּאhûʾHe
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדְעוּyādəʿûKnow
מַהmahWhat?
הוּאhûʾHe
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
הוּאhûʾHe
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhTo food
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּרְאוּwayirəʾûAnd see
בְנֵיvənêSon
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
וַיֹּאמְרוּwayōʾmərûAnd say
אִישׁʾîšMan
אֶלʾelNear
אָחִיוʾāḥîwBrother
מָןmānWhatness
הוּאhûʾHe
כִּיRelative conjunction
לֹאlōʾNot
יָדְעוּyādəʿûKnow
מַהmahWhat?
הוּאhûʾHe
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֲלֵהֶםʾălēhemNear
הוּאhûʾHe
הַלֶּחֶםhaleḥemThe food
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
נָתַןnātanGive
יְהוָהyəhwāhLORD
לָכֶםlāḵemTo
לְאָכְלָהləʾāḵəlāhTo food

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