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And the mannaוְהַמָּןwasהוּאlike corianderכִּ גַּדseed,זְרַעand its appearanceוְעֵינוֹlike the appearanceכְּעֵיןof bdellium.הַבְּדֹלַח
Numbers 11:7
Study it in the app“And the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Numbers 11:7, word by word
- And the mannaמָּןman
manna
The food God gave Israel in the wilderness.
Where else “man” appears- like corianderגַּדgad
coriander
Coriander: a plant with small round seeds.
Where else “gad” appears- seedזְרַעzera
seed
What is sown to sprout: grains and seeds of plants.
Where else “zera” appears- and its appearanceעֵינen
appearance
Literally "the eye": how something looks, its glint.
Where else “en” appears- of bdelliumבְּדֹלַחbedolach
bdellium
Bdellium: probably an aromatic resin, valued in ancient times. The exact sense is uncertain.
Where else “bedolach” appears
Translation note
Bdellium is an aromatic resin of a light color. On the manna, see Exodus 16:14-31.
The context
6But now our soul is dried up; there is nothing at all before our eyes but the manna.”
7 · This verse (above)
8The people would go about and gather it, and grind it in mills or beat it in a mortar, and boil it in pots, and make it into cakes; and its taste was like the taste of cakes baked with oil.