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In the eveningוַיְהִי בָעֶרֶבquailהַשְּׂלָוcame upוַתַּעַלand coveredוַתְּכַסthe camp;אֶת הַמַּחֲנֶהand in the morningוּבַבֹּקֶרthere wasהָיְתָהa layerשִׁכְבַתof dewהַטַּלaroundסָבִיבthe camp.לַמַּחֲנֶה
Exodus 16:13
Study it in the app“In the evening quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:13, word by word
- In the eveningיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- In the eveningעֶרֶבerev
evening
Evening, when the sun goes down. Each day of Genesis 1 is counted "evening and morning"; so in Israel the day begins at sunset.
Where else “erev” appears- quailשְּׂלָוselav
quail
Quail: small birds that travel in large flocks.
Where else “selav” appears- came upתַּעַלtaal
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “taal” appears- and coveredתְּכַסtechas
cover
To put something over a thing so that it can no longer be seen.
Where else “techas” appears- the campמַּחֲנֶהmachane
camp
A place where a group settles to live temporarily, with order and limits.
Where else “machane” appears- and in the morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- a layerשִׁכְבַתshichvat
layer
Dew spread over the ground.
Where else “shichvat” appears- of dewטַּלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears- aroundסָבִיבsaviv
around
In a circle or on every side of something: the camp, the city, the altar.
Where else “saviv” appears
The context
12“I have heard the grumblings of the sons of Israel. Speak to them, saying, ‘At twilight you shall eat meat, and in the morning you shall be filled with bread; and you shall know that I am YHWH your Elohim.’ ”
13 · This verse (above)
14When the layer of dew had gone up, look, on the surface of the wilderness there was something fine, flaky, fine as frost on the ground.