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The sonsבְּנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלdidוַיַּעֲשׂוּso,כֵןand they gathered,וַיִּלְקְטוּsome muchהַמַּרְבֶּהand some little.וְהַמַּמְעִיט
Exodus 16:17
Study it in the app“The sons of Israel did so, and they gathered, some much and some little.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:17, word by word
- The sonsבְּנֵיbene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “bene” appears- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- didיַּעֲשׂוּyaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “yaasu” appears- and they gatheredיִּלְקְטוּyilktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “yilktu” appears- some muchמַּרְבֶּהmarbe
greatly
Used to say 'in great quantity' or 'very much'.
Where else “marbe” appears- and some littleמַּמְעִיטmamit
be few, too small
Be few, be too small for something; make few, reduce.
Where else “mamit” appears
The context
16This is the thing that YHWH has commanded: ‘Gather of it, each one according to what he can eat, an omer per head, according to the number of your persons; each one for those in his tent you shall take.’ ”
17 · This verse (above)
18But when they measured it with the omer, the one who gathered much had nothing left over, and the one who gathered little had no lack; each gathered according to what he could eat.