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They gatheredוַיִּלְקְטוּitאֹתוֹmorningבַּבֹּקֶרby morning,בַּבֹּקֶרeachאִישׁaccording toכְּפִיwhat he could eat;אָכְלוֹand when the sunוְ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁgrew hot,חַםit melted.וְנָמָס
Exodus 16:21
Study it in the app“They gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat; and when the sun grew hot, it melted.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:21, word by word
- They gatheredיִּלְקְטוּyilktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “yilktu” appears- morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- eachאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- according toפִיfi
according to
Literally "by the mouth of": just as something directs; or a portion.
Where else “fi” appears- what he could eatאָכְלachl
food
Food, provisions.
Where else “achl” appears- and when the sunשֶּׁמֶשׁshemesh
sun
The star that gives light and heat by day and marks the day and the year; "under the sun" means in this world.
Where else “shemesh” appears- grew hotחַםcham
be warm
To receive warmth and stop being cold.
Where else “cham” appears- it meltedנָמָסnamas
melt
To dissolve with heat, like wax or manna in the sun.
Where else “namas” appears
The context
20But they did not listen to Moses; some men left some of it until morning, and it bred worms and stank; and Moses was angry with them.
21 · This verse (above)
22And on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for each one; and all the chiefs of the community came and told Moses.