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When the layerוַ שִׁכְבַתof dewהַטָּלhad gone up,תַּעַלlook,וְהִנֵּהonעַלthe surfaceפְּנֵיof the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּרthere was something fine,דַּקflaky,מְחֻסְפָּסfineדַּקas frostכַּכְּפֹרonעַלthe ground.הָאָרֶץ
Exodus 16:14
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:14, word by word
- When the layerשִׁכְבַתshichvat
layer
Dew spread over the ground.
Where else “shichvat” appears- of dewטָּלtal
dew
Dew: the moisture of the night, which in a dry land keeps the plants alive.
Where else “tal” appears- had gone upתַּעַלtaal
rise
To rise: the sun, the smoke.
Where else “taal” appears- the surfaceפְּנֵיpene
surface
The surface: "the face of the earth".
Where else “pene” appears- of the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- there was something fineדַּקdak
fine
Reduced to loose tiny grains, without weight.
Where else “dak” appears- flakyמְחֻסְפָּסmechuspas
flaky
Flaky, like fine flakes. It occurs only in Exodus 16:14.
Where else “mechuspas” appears- as frostכְּפֹרkefor
frost
A fine white layer of ice that forms on the ground at night.
Where else “kefor” appears- the groundאָרֶץarets
ground
What is underfoot: bowing down to touch it.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
13In the evening quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp.
14 · This verse (above)
15When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, “What is it?” for they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, “It is the bread that YHWH has given you to eat.