Exodus 16:18 — King James Version← Study notes
“And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating.”
Exodus 16:18 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Exodus 16:1812 words
וַיָּמֹדּוּwayāmōdûAnd stretch
בָעֹמֶרvāʿōmerIn heap
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
הֶעְדִּיףheʿədîp̄Be
הַמַּרְבֶּהhamarəbehThe increase
וְהַמַּמְעִיטwəhamaməʿîṭAnd the pare
לֹאlōʾNot
הֶחְסִירheḥəsîrLack
אִישׁʾîšMan
לְפִיləp̄îTo mouth
אָכְלוֹʾāḵəlwōFood
לָקָטוּlāqāṭûPick
ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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