Exodus 16:35

“The sons of Israel ate the manna forty years, until they came to an inhabited land; they ate the manna until they came to the border of the land of Canaan.”

Exodus 16:35 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Exodus 16:35, word by word

The sonsבְנֵיvene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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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.

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ateאָכְלוּachlu

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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the mannaמָּןman

manna

The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.

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fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim

forty

Forty.

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yearsשָׁנָהshana

year

Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.

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they cameבֹּאָboa

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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an inhabitedנוֹשָׁבֶתnoshavet

be inhabited

For a land to be inhabited.

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landאֶרֶץerets

land

A region or nation, above all Israel's.

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the borderקְצֵהketse

end

The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.

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of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan

Canaan

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Places in this verse

JerusalemCanaan
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Canaan

    Today: Israel, West Bank, Gaza, Lebanon, western Syria

    The land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea, today Israel, Palestine and parts of Lebanon.

    God promised this land to Abraham and his descendants (Gen 17:8). Israel entered it after forty years in the wilderness (Josh 5:12).

    Genesis 12:5Genesis 17:8Exodus 6:4Joshua 5:12

The context

34As YHWH commanded Moses, Aaron set it before the testimony, to be kept.

35 · This verse (above)

36The omer is a tenth of the ephah.

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