Define

• Hebrew: mān (מָן) — manna (literally “whatness” or “what is it?” from the question the Israelites asked)

  • Moses answer the question "what is this" with "It is the bread which Yahweh has given you to eat."

• Greek: man (μάν) — manna (transliteration of the Hebrew name in the Septuagint)

Related words

• māh (מָה) — what? (the root question from which “manna” derives, Exodus 16:15)
• lechem (לֶחֶם) — bread (manna is repeatedly called “bread from heaven”)

Additional Info

• Exodus 16:15, 31 (the people named it manna because they said “What is it?”);
• Exodus 16:35 (eaten for forty years);
• Numbers 11:7-9 (description: like coriander seed, taste like fresh oil);
• Exodus 16:4, 15 (called “bread from heaven”);
• John 6:31-58 (New Testament reference to the manna as a type of the true bread from heaven)

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