The sonsוּבְנֵיof Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלateאָכְלוּthe mannaאֶת הַמָּןfortyאַרְבָּעִיםyears,שָׁנָהuntilעַדthey cameבֹּאָםtoאֶלan inhabitedנוֹשָׁבֶתland;אֶרֶץthey ateאָכְלוּthe mannaאֶת הַמָּןuntilעַדthey cameבֹּאָםtoאֶלthe borderקְצֵהof the landאֶרֶץof Canaan.כְּנָעַן
Exodus 16:35
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 16:35, word by word
- The sonsבְנֵיvene
descendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appears- 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.
Where else “yisrael” appears- ateאָכְלוּachlu
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achlu” appears- the mannaמָּןman
manna
The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.
Where else “man” appears- fortyאַרְבָּעִיםarbaim
forty
Forty.
Where else “arbaim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears- they cameבֹּאָboa
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “boa” appears- an inhabitedנוֹשָׁבֶתnoshavet
be inhabited
For a land to be inhabited.
Where else “noshavet” appears- landאֶרֶץerets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appears- the borderקְצֵהketse
end
The place where something ends: its edge or farthest point.
Where else “ketse” appears- of Canaanכְּנָעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears
Places in this verse
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).
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.