KJV King James Version
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.
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Exodus 16:31
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
WEB World English Bible
The house of Israel called its name Manna, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it is as coriander seed, white; and its taste is as a cake with honey.
Surrounding context — Exodus 16
28 And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?
29 See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.
30 So the people rested on the seventh day.
31 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.
32 And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.
33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
34 As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיִּקְרְא֧וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toבֵֽית־H1004 · betplaceיִשְׂרָאֵ֛לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שְׁמ֖וֹH8034 · shemnameמָ֑ןH4478 · manmannaוְה֗וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itכְּזֶ֤רַעH2233 · ze.raseedגַּד֙H1407 · gadcorianderלָבָ֔ןH3836 · la.vanwhiteוְטַעְמ֖וֹH2940 · ta.amtasteכְּצַפִּיחִ֥תH6838 · tsap.pi.chitflatbreadבִּדְבָֽשׁ׃H1706 · de.vashhoney
Cross-references
Numbers 11:6-9But now our soul [is] dried away: [there is] nothing at all, beside this manna, [before] our eyes.Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste.Exodus 16:15And when the children of Israel saw [it], they said one to another, It [is] manna: for they wist not what it [was]. And Moses said unto them, This [is] the bread which the LORD hath given you to eat.
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