Strong's Lexicon man: Manna Original Word: מָן Word Origin: Derived from an unused root meaning to allot or apportion. Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Exodus 16:15 (BSB): "When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, 'What is it?' For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, 'It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.'" - Numbers 11:7-9 (BSB): Describes the appearance and taste of manna. - Deuteronomy 8:3 (BSB): Highlights the spiritual lesson of manna, teaching reliance on God's word. 10. Corresponding Strong's Greek Entries: - G3131 (μάννα, manna): Used in the New Testament, particularly in John 6:31-58, where Jesus refers to Himself as the "true bread from heaven." Usage: The term "man" refers to the miraculous food provided by God to the Israelites during their 40-year journey in the wilderness after the Exodus from Egypt. Cultural and Historical Background: It is described as a small, round substance that appeared on the ground each morning, which the Israelites gathered and used to make bread. Manna is often associated with God's provision and care for His people. Brown-Driver-Briggs I. מָן noun masculineNumbers 11:9 manna (= Arabic  , known to Bedouin in Sinai Peninsula; a juice exuding in heavy drops from twigs (some say also the leaves) of ˆarfa (ˆªrfa) tree (tamarix gallica mannifera) in West Sinai Peninsula, end of May and in June, sweet, sticky, honey-like; compare DiExodus 16:36 RobBRi. 75, 115, 590 EbGS 233 ff., 574 ff. SocZMG xxxiv. 1881, 254); — ׳מ absolute Exodus 16:15 12t., suffix מַנֵךָ Nehemiah 9:20: — manna: וַיּאֹמְרוּ מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ מַההֿוּא Exodus 16:15; Exodus 16:31; Exodus 16:33; Exodus 16:35; Exodus 16:35; Numbers 11:6,7,9 (described Exodus 16:14,31; Numbers 11:7; accompare dew Exodus 16:14; Numbers 11:9); ceased after Israel reached Canaan Joshua 5:12 (twice in verse); as 2nd accusativeהֶאֱכִילְךָ אֶתהַֿמָּן Deuteronomy 8:3, compare Deuteronomy 8:16 מָן לֶאֱכֹל וַיַּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם Psalm 78:24; וּמַנְךָ לֹאמָֿנַעְתָּ מִמִּיהֶם Nehemiah 9:20. II. מָן in Exodus 16:15 (with reference to the manna) מַההֿוּא וַיּאֹמְרוּ אִישׁ אֶלאָֿחִיו מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָָֽדְעוּ, most probably 'What is it?' the question being intended as a popular etymology of מָן 'manna,' based upon the late Aramaic Strong's Exhaustive Concordance manna From mah; literally, a whatness (so to speak), i.e. Manna (so called from the question about it) -- manna. see HEBREW mah Forms and Transliterations הַמָּ֖ן הַמָּ֜ן הַמָּ֥ן הַמָּן֙ המן וְהַמָּ֕ן וּמַנְךָ֙ והמן ומנך מָ֑ן מָ֣ן מָן֙ מן ham·mān hamMan hammān man mān ū·man·ḵā umanCha ūmanḵā vehamMan wə·ham·mān wəhammānLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Exodus 16:15 HEB: אֶל־ אָחִיו֙ מָ֣ן ה֔וּא כִּ֛י NAS: another, What is it? For they did not know KJV: to another, It [is] manna: for they wist INT: about another What he for Exodus 16:31 Exodus 16:33 Exodus 16:35 Exodus 16:35 Numbers 11:6 Numbers 11:7 Numbers 11:9 Deuteronomy 8:3 Deuteronomy 8:16 Joshua 5:12 Joshua 5:12 Nehemiah 9:20 Psalm 78:24 14 Occurrences |
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What ? (man is 'Who?' in Arabic, Aramaic מַן 
), Mandaean (מאן), Ethiopic (manu), 'What?' in these dialects being 
מָה 
מָא (Ethiopic ment); מָן in the sense of 'What?' must correspond to the later Syriac 
contracted from 
ᵑ7 מָדֵין Nö§ 68 WSG 125). 
