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Exodus 16:31 — King James Version← Study notes

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.


Exodus 16:31Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 16:3113 words
וַיִּקְרְאוּwayiqərəʾûAnd call out to
בֵיתvêtA house
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶתʾet
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
מָןmānWhatness
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
כְּזֶרַעkəzeraʿLike seed
גַּדgadCoriander
לָבָןlāvānWhite
וְטַעְמוֹwəṭaʿəmwōAnd taste
כְּצַפִּיחִתkəṣapîḥitLike cake
בִּדְבָשׁbidəvāšIn honey
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיִּקְרְאוּwayiqərəʾûAnd call out to
בֵיתvêtA house
יִשְׂרָאֵלyiśərāʾēlHe will rule as God
אֶתʾetdirect object marker (no translation)
שְׁמוֹšəmwōAppellation
מָןmānWhatness
וְהוּאwəhûʾAnd he
כְּזֶרַעkəzeraʿLike seed
גַּדgadCoriander
לָבָןlāvānWhite
וְטַעְמוֹwəṭaʿəmwōAnd taste
כְּצַפִּיחִתkəṣapîḥitLike cake
בִּדְבָשׁbidəvāšIn honey

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