Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaid,וַיֹּאמֶר“Thisזֶהis the thingהַדָּבָרthatאֲשֶׁרYHWHיְהוָהhas commanded:צִוָּה‘A fullמְלֹאomerהָעֹמֶרof itמִמֶּנּוּis to be keptלְמִשְׁמֶרֶתthroughout your generations,לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶםso thatלְמַעַןthey may seeיִרְאוּthe breadאֶת הַלֶּחֶםthatאֲשֶׁרI fedהֶאֱכַלְתִּיyouאֶתְכֶםin the wildernessבַּמִּדְבָּרwhen I broughtבְּהוֹצִיאִיyouאֶתְכֶםout of the landמֵאֶרֶץof Egypt.’ ”מִצְרָיִם
Exodus 16:32
Study it in the app“Moses said, “This is the thing that YHWH has commanded: ‘A full omer of it is to be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread that I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’ ””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:32, word by word
- 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- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- is the thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- has commandedצִוָּהtsiva
command
To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".
Where else “tsiva” appears- ‘A fullמְלֹאmelo
handful
What fits at once: a handful, or a house full.
Where else “melo” appears- omerעֹמֶרomer
omer
A measure of grain.
Where else “omer” appears- is to be keptמִשְׁמֶרֶתmishmeret
keeping
Something set aside so that it is kept.
Where else “mishmeret” appears- throughout your generationsדֹרֹתֵיdorote
generation
The people of the same time.
Where else “dorote” appears- they may seeיִרְאוּyiru
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “yiru” appears- the breadלֶּחֶםlechem
bread
Food made of kneaded, baked flour: the basis of each day's meal.
Where else “lechem” appears- I fedהֶאֱכַלְתִּיheechalti
feed
To feed.
Where else “heechalti” appears- in the wildernessמִּדְבָּרmidbar
wilderness
Dry, unfarmed land where flocks graze.
Where else “midbar” appears- when I broughtהוֹצִיאִhotsii
bring out
To lead someone out: "I led you out of Egypt".
Where else “hotsii” appears- out of the landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- of Egypt.’ מִצְרָיִםmitsrayim
Egypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
Places in this verse
Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
The context
31The house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.
32 · This verse (above)
33Moses said to Aaron, “Take a jar, and put in it a full omer of manna, and set it before YHWH, to be kept throughout your generations.”