Exodus 16:31
Strong's Lexicon
Now the house
בֵֽית־ (ḇêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3478: Israel = 'God prevails' 1) the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel 2) the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob 2a) the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split 2b) the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah 2c) the name of the nation after the return from exile

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

called
וַיִּקְרְא֧וּ (way·yiq·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7121: 1) to call, call out, recite, read, cry out, proclaim 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to call, cry, utter a loud sound 1a2) to call unto, cry (for help), call (with name of God) 1a3) to proclaim 1a4) to read aloud, read (to oneself), read 1a5) to summon, invite, call for, call and commission, appoint, call and endow 1a6) to call, name, give name to, call by 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to call oneself 1b2) to be called, be proclaimed, be read aloud, be summoned, be named 1c) (Pual) to be called, be named, be called out, be chosen

שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument

the bread manna.
מָ֑ן (mān)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4478: 1) manna 1a) the bread from Heaven that fed the Israelites for 40 years of wilderness wanderings 1b) means 'What is it?'

It
וְה֗וּא (wə·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: pron 3p s 1) he, she, it 1a) himself (with emphasis) 1b) resuming subj with emphasis 1c) (with minimum emphasis following predicate) 1d) (anticipating subj) 1e) (emphasising predicate) 1f) that, it (neuter) demons pron 2) that (with article)

was white
לָבָ֔ן (lā·ḇān)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3836: 1) white

like coriander
גַּד֙ (gaḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1407: 1) coriander-a plant the seed of which resembles manna

seed
כְּזֶ֤רַע (kə·ze·ra‘)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 2233: 1) seed, sowing, offspring 1a) a sowing 1b) seed 1c) semen virile 1d) offspring, descendants, posterity, children 1e) of moral quality 1e1) a practitioner of righteousness (fig.) 1f) sowing time (by meton)

and tasted
וְטַעְמ֖וֹ (wə·ṭa‘·mōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2940: 1) taste, judgment 1a) taste 1b) judgment (fig.) 1c) decision, decree

like wafers
כְּצַפִּיחִ֥ת (kə·ṣap·pî·ḥiṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6838: 1) flat cake, wafer

made with honey.
בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃ (biḏ·ḇāš)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1706: 1) honey

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

Young's Literal Translation
and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it [is] as coriander seed, white; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey.

New American Standard Bible
The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.

King James Bible
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it [was] like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it [was] like wafers [made] with honey.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
The people of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.

New Living Translation
The Israelites called the food manna. It was white like coriander seed, and it tasted like honey wafers.

English Standard Version
Now the house of Israel called its name manna. It was like coriander seed, white, and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

New American Standard Bible
The house of Israel named it manna, and it was like coriander seed, white, and its taste was like wafers with honey.

King James Bible
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The house of Israel named the substance manna. It resembled coriander seed, was white, and tasted like wafers made with honey.

International Standard Version
The Israelis named it "manna". It was white like coriander seed, and tasted like a wafer made with honey.

NET Bible
The house of Israel called its name "manna." It was like coriander seed and was white, and it tasted like wafers with honey.

American Standard Version
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

English Revised Version
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.

Young's Literal Translation
and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it is as coriander seed, white; and its taste is as a cake with honey.
















Cross References
Exodus 16:14
And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

Exodus 16:30
So the people rested on the seventh day.

Exodus 16:32
And Moses said, This is the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Numbers 11:7
And the manna was as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.

Deuteronomy 8:3
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.

Deuteronomy 8:16
Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 16:29
See, for that the LORD hath given you the sabbath, therefore he giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day.

Exodus 16:28
And the LORD said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep my commandments and my laws?

Exodus 16:33
And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

Exodus 16:34
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
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