STRONGS H4478:
Abbreviations
† I. מָן noun masculineNumbers 11:9 manna (= Arabic
, known to Bedouin in Sinai Peninsula; a juice exuding in heavy drops from twigs (some say also the leaves) of
Ṭarfa (Ṭŭrfa) tree
(tamarix gallica mannifera) in West Sinai Peninsula, end of May and in June, sweet, sticky, honey-like; compare Di
Exodus 16:36 Rob
BRi. 75, 115, 590 Eb
GS 233 ff., 574 ff. Soc
ZMG xxxiv. 1881, 254); —
מ׳ absolute
Exodus 16:15 +
12 times, suffix
מַנֵךָ Nehemiah 9:20: — manna:
מַההֿוּא יָֽךְעוּ לֹא כִּי הוּא מָן וַיּאֹמְרוּ Exodus 16:15;
Exodus 16:31;
Exodus 16:33;
Exodus 16:35;
Exodus 16:35;
Numbers 11:6, 7, 9 (described
Exodus 16:14, 31;
Numbers 11:7; accompare dew
Exodus 16:14;
Numbers 11:9); ceased after Israel reached Canaan
Joshua 5:12 (twice in verse); as 2nd accusative
הֶאֱכִילְךָ אֶתהַֿמָּן Deuteronomy 8:3, compare
Deuteronomy 8:16 מָן לֶאֱכֹל וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם Psalm 78:24;
מִפִּיהֶם לֹאמָֿנַעְת וּמַנְךָ Nehemiah 9:20.
† II. מָן in
Exodus 16:15 (with reference to the manna)
יָֽדְעוּ לֹא כִּי הוּא מָן אֶלאָֿחִיו אִיש וַיּאֹמְרו מַההֿוּא, most probably 'What is it?' the question being intended as a popular etymology of
מָן 'manna,' based upon the
late Aramaic
What ? (man is 'Who?' in Arabic, Aramaic
מַן ), Mandaean (
מאן), Ethiopic (
manu), 'What?' in these dialects being
מָה מָא (Ethiopic
ment);
מָן in the sense of 'What?' must correspond to the later Syriac
contracted from
מָדֵין Nö
§ 68 W
SG 125).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs
Exodus
16:14; 16:14; 16:15; 16:15; 16:15; 16:31; 16:31; 16:33; 16:35; 16:35; 16:36
Numbers
11:6; 11:7; 11:7; 11:9; 11:9; 11:9
Deuteronomy
8:3; 8:16
Joshua
5:12
Nehemiah
9:20; 9:20
Psalms
78:24
