Exodus 16:21 — King James Version← Study notes

“And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.”

Exodus 16:21 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:2110 words

וַיִּלְקְטוּwayiləqəṭûAnd pick

אֹתוֹʾōtwō—

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

אִישׁʾîšMan

כְּפִיkəp̄îLike mouth

אָכְלוֹʾāḵəlwōFood

וְחַםwəḥamAnd be hot

הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun

וְנָמָסwənāmāsAnd liquefy

ℹWords read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּלְקְטוּwayiləqəṭûAnd pick

אֹתוֹʾōtwōdirect object marker (no translation)

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

בַּבֹּקֶרbabōqerIn dawn

אִישׁʾîšMan

כְּפִיkəp̄îLike mouth

אָכְלוֹʾāḵəlwōFood

וְחַםwəḥamAnd be hot

הַשֶּׁמֶשׁhašemešThe sun

וְנָמָסwənāmāsAnd liquefy

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