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And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. (KJV)
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וַיִּלְקְט֤וּvai.yil.ke.Tuand they gathered
Lemma: לָקַט (la.qat) · Strong's: H3950
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)
Meaning: to gather
Used 37 times. Also: Genesis 31:46, Genesis 47:14, Exodus 16:4, Exodus 16:5, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3950; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 1
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> it
Lemma: אֵת (et) · Strong's: H0853
Parsing: Particle · Object indicator (HTo)
Meaning: [Obj.]
Used 10927 times. Also: Genesis 1:1, Genesis 1:4, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:16, Genesis 1:17, Genesis 1:21 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0853; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 2
בַּבֹּ֣קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morning
Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: morning
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 3
בַּבֹּ֔קֶרba.Bo.kerin the morning
Lemma: בֹּ֫קֶר (bo.qer) · Strong's: H1242
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: morning
Used 214 times. Also: Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:8, Genesis 1:13, Genesis 1:19, Genesis 1:23, Genesis 1:31 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H1242; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 4
אִ֖ישׁ'isheveryone
Lemma: אִישׁ (ish) · Strong's: H0376I
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HNcmsa)
Meaning: man: anyone
Used 546 times. Also: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 10:5, Genesis 11:3, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 13:11, Genesis 13:16 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0376I; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 5
כְּפִ֣יke.Fiaccording to [the] mouth of
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310K
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip: according
Used 32 times. Also: Genesis 43:7, Genesis 47:12, Exodus 12:4, Exodus 16:16, Exodus 16:18, Exodus 34:27 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310K; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 6
אָכְל֑וֹ'a.khe.Lofood his
Lemma: אֹ֫כֶל (o.khel) · Strong's: H0400
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: food
Used 43 times. Also: Genesis 14:11, Genesis 41:35, Genesis 41:36, Genesis 41:48, Genesis 42:7, Genesis 42:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H0400; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 7
וְחַ֥םve.Chamand it was warm
Lemma: חָמַם (cha.mam) · Strong's: H2552
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqq3ms)
Meaning: to warm
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 19:6, 1 Kings 1:1, 1 Kings 1:2, 2 Kings 4:34, Nehemiah 7:3, Job 6:17 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2552; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 8
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁha.She.meshthe sun
Lemma: שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ (she.mesh) · Strong's: H8121
Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Absolute (HNcbsa)
Meaning: sun
Used 134 times. Also: Genesis 15:12, Genesis 15:17, Genesis 19:23, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:31, Genesis 37:9 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H8121; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 9
וְנָמָֽס\׃ve.na.Masand it melted
Lemma: מָסַס (ma.sas) · Strong's: H4549
Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Consecutive Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVNq3ms)
Meaning: to melt
Used 21 times. Also: Deuteronomy 1:28, Deuteronomy 20:8, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 5:1, Joshua 7:5, Judges 15:14 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H4549; TAHOT Exodus 16:21 word 10
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Every morning | → | בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning |
| . . . | → | בֹּ֫קֶר H1242 morning |
| each one | → | אִישׁ H0376I man: anyone |
| gathered | → | לָקַט H3950 to gather |
| as much | → | פֶּה H6310K lip: according |
| as was needed | → | אֹ֫כֶל H0400 food |
| and when the sun | → | שֶׁ֫מֶשׁ H8121 sun |
| grew hot | → | חָמַם H2552 to warm |
| it melted away | → | מָסַס H4549 to melt |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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