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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 16:18Hebrew 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
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיָּמֹדּוּwayāmōdûAnd stretch
בָעֹמֶרvāʿōmerIn heap
וְלֹאwəlōʾAnd not
הֶעְדִּיףheʿədîp̄Be
הַמַּרְבֶּהhamarəbehThe increase
וְהַמַּמְעִיטwəhamaməʿîṭAnd the pare
לֹאlōʾNot
הֶחְסִירheḥəsîrLack
אִישׁʾîšMan
לְפִיləp̄îTo mouth
אָכְלוֹʾāḵəlwōFood
לָקָטוּlāqāṭûPick

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