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And on the sixth dayוַיְהִי בַּיּוֹם הַשִּׁשִּׁיthey gatheredלָקְטוּtwice as muchמִשְׁנֶהbread,לֶחֶםtwoשְׁנֵיomersהָעֹמֶרfor each one;לָאֶחָדand allוַ כָּלthe chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיof the communityהָעֵדָהcameיָּבֹאוּand toldוַיַּגִּידוּMoses.לְמֹשֶׁה
Exodus 16:22
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:22, word by word
- And on the sixth dayיְהִיyehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appears- And on the sixth dayיּוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- And on the sixth dayשִּׁשִּׁיshishi
sixth
Sixth; a sixth part.
Where else “shishi” appears- they gatheredלָקְטוּlaktu
gather
To gather up from the ground or field what is scattered, to carry it away.
Where else “laktu” appears- twice as muchמִשְׁנֶהmishne
double
Twice the amount.
Where else “mishne” appears- breadלֶחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- twoשְׁנֵיshene
two
A pair, a quantity of two.
Where else “shene” appears- omersעֹמֶרomer
omer
A measure of grain.
Where else “omer” appears- for each oneאֶחָדechad
each
Literally "one": all of them, one by one.
Where else “echad” appears- the chiefsנְשִׂיאֵיnesie
chief
Literally "one lifted up": the leader of a tribe or clan.
Where else “nesie” appears- of the communityעֵדָהeda
community
Israel gathered as one people; or a band of people.
Where else “eda” appears- cameיָּבֹאוּyavou
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appears- and toldיַּגִּידוּyagidu
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yagidu” appears- Mosesמֹשֶׁהmoshe
Moses
Moses, the man God called to bring Israel out of Egypt and through whom he gave the Law. His name sounds like "draw out" (Exodus 2:10).
Where else “moshe” appears
The context
21They gathered it morning by morning, each according to what he could eat; and when the sun grew hot, it melted.
22 · This verse (above)
23He said to them, “This is what YHWH has said: ‘Tomorrow is a solemn rest, a holy Sabbath to YHWH. What you will bake, bake; and what you will boil, boil; and all that is left over put aside for yourselves to be kept until morning.’ ”