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Mosesמֹשֶׁהsaidוַיֹּאמֶרto Aaron,אֶל אַהֲרֹן“Takeקַחaאַחַתjar,צִנְצֶנֶתand putוְתֶןin itשָׁמָּהa fullמְלֹאomerהָעֹמֶרof manna,מָןand setוְהַנַּחitאֹתוֹbeforeלִפְנֵיYHWH,יְהוָהto be keptלְמִשְׁמֶרֶתthroughout your generations.”לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם
Exodus 16:33
Study it in the app“Moses 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:33, 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- to Aaronאַהֲרֹןaharon
Aaron
Aaron, the older brother of Moses, his spokesman before Pharaoh and the first high priest of Israel.
Where else “aharon” appears- “Takeקַחkach
take
To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.
Where else “kach” appears- aאַחַתachat
a certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “achat” appears- jarצִנְצֶנֶתtsintsenet
jar
Jar, vessel. It occurs only in Exodus 16:33.
Where else “tsintsenet” appears- and putתֶןten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “ten” 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- of mannaמָןman
manna
The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.
Where else “man” appears- and setהַנַּחhanach
put
To set something or someone in a place.
Where else “hanach” appears- beforeפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” 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- 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
The context
32Moses 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.’ ”
33 · This verse (above)
34As YHWH commanded Moses, Aaron set it before the testimony, to be kept.