The mannaהַמָּןceasedוַיִּשְׁבֹּתon the day after,מִמָּחֳרָתwhen they ateבְּאָכְלָםof the produceמֵעֲבוּרof the land;הָאָרֶץand there wasוְ הָיָהnoלֹאlongerעוֹדmannaמָןfor the sonsלִבְנֵיof Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלbut they ateוַיֹּאכְלוּof the harvestמִתְּבוּאַתof the landאֶרֶץof Canaanכְּנַעַןthatהַהִיאyear.בַּשָּׁנָה
Joshua 5:12
Study it in the app“The manna ceased on the day after, when they ate of the produce of the land; and there was no longer manna for the sons of Israel, but they ate of the harvest of the land of Canaan that year.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Joshua 5:12, word by word
- The mannaמָּןman
manna
The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.
Where else “man” appears- ceasedיִּשְׁבֹּתyishbot
cease
To leave off working, rest; God did so when done, not from tiredness.
Where else “yishbot” appears- on the day afterמָּחֳרָתmachorat
next day
The next day, tomorrow.
Where else “machorat” appears- when they ateאָכְלָachla
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achla” appears- of the produceעֲבוּרavur
produce, stored grain
Produce of the land, grain kept from before. The word appears only in Joshua 5:11-12.
Where else “avur” appears- of the landאָרֶץarets
land
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “arets” appears- and there wasהָיָהhaya
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appears- for 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- of the harvestתְּבוּאַתtevuat
produce
What the land brings forth.
Where else “tevuat” appears- of Canaanכְּנַעַןkenaan
Canaan
See it on the mapWhere else “kenaan” appears- yearשָּׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
Translation note
The manna had begun forty years earlier (Exodus 16:35).
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
11They ate of the produce of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread and roasted grain, on this very day.
12 · This verse (above)
13And it came about, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and look, a man was standing in front of him with his sword drawn in his hand. And Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”