--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 8 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 8 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* (noun) A machine with two rollers, turned by a handle, used in the past to squeeze water out of wet washing.[↗](../../mangle/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To crush, tear or damage something badly so it is out of shape.[↗](../../mangle/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To spoil words, music or a story by saying or doing them badly: «He mangled the French phrase.».[↗](../../mangle/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Grandma used to put the sheets through the mangle.[↗](../../mangle/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Turn the handle and the mangle squeezes out the water.[↗](../../mangle/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The bike was mangled in the crash.[↗](../../mangle/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog mangled my slipper.[↗](../../mangle/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He mangled the words of the song.[↗](../../mangle/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Keep your fingers away from the rollers of the mangle.[↗](../../mangle/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mangled** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Badly crushed, twisted or torn so that it is spoilt.[↗](../../mangled/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (of words or music) Spoilt by being said or played very badly.[↗](../../mangled/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (old) Pressed through a mangle, a machine with rollers that squeezed water out of washing.[↗](../../mangled/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The bike was mangled after the crash.[↗](../../mangled/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The dog left a mangled slipper.[↗](../../mangled/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Alice mangled the poem, and the words came out all wrong.[↗](../../mangled/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He mangled the French phrase, and the waiter laughed.[↗](../../mangled/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma remembers mangling the washing on Mondays.[↗](../../mangled/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm left mangled trees along the road.[↗](../../mangled/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Her mangled body was cast into the fount near Thebes, which still bears her name.[↗](../../mangled/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mango** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mango is a sweet, juicy tropical fruit with orange flesh, a smooth skin and a large flat stone inside.[↗](../../mango/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is also the tree it grows on.[↗](../../mango/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I had a mango for breakfast.[↗](../../mango/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mangoes grow on tall trees in hot countries.[↗](../../mango/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The mango is the national fruit of India.[↗](../../mango/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mango juice is my favourite.[↗](../../mango/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Sam bought 6 mangoes and gave 2 away; he has 4 left.[↗](../../mango/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A ripe mango smells sweet.[↗](../../mango/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And after twelve years, the mango tree began to flower, and Raja Rasalu married the Princess Kokilan, whom he won from Sarkap when he played chaupur with the King.[↗](../../mango/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mangrove** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mangrove is a tree or shrub that grows in salty water along tropical coasts, with tangled roots that stand above the mud.[↗](../../mangrove/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A mangrove, or mangrove swamp or forest, is an area of coast covered with these trees.[↗](../../mangrove/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mangroves can grow in salty sea water.[↗](../../mangrove/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Baby fish hide among the mangrove roots.[↗](../../mangrove/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We walked on a boardwalk through the mangroves in Queensland.[↗](../../mangrove/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mangrove forests protect the coast from big waves.[↗](../../mangrove/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Tigers live in the mangrove swamps of the Sundarbans.[↗](../../mangrove/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mangroves store lots of carbon in their mud.[↗](../../mangrove/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Volunteers planted new mangroves along the shore.[↗](../../mangrove/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mangy** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Mangy means having patchy, thin fur or skin from a disease, or looking shabby and worn.[↗](../../mangy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mangy old dog had patches of bare skin.[↗](../../mangy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The man-eaters were mangy and had lost their teeth.[↗](../../mangy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't pat a mangy stray cat.[↗](../../mangy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manhood** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Manhood is the time when a boy has grown up into a man.[↗](../../manhood/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Manhood also means the qualities of a man, such as strength and courage.[↗](../../manhood/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He grew to manhood and became king.[↗](../../manhood/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesper was just coming to manhood.[↗](../../manhood/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · At the age of twelve he was still far from manhood.[↗](../../manhood/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manicure** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails: cutting, shaping and often painting the nails.[↗](../../manicure/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To give someone a manicure.[↗](../../manicure/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (adjective form: manicured) Very neat and carefully trimmed: a manicured lawn.[↗](../../manicure/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Mum had a manicure before the wedding.[↗](../../manicure/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My sister painted my nails and called it a manicure.[↗](../../manicure/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The salon offers manicures and pedicures.[↗](../../manicure/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The palace had perfectly manicured lawns.[↗](../../manicure/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · He manicures his nails himself.[↗](../../manicure/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · She got a sparkly manicure for her birthday.[↗](../../manicure/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The hedges were neatly manicured.[↗](../../manicure/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · A manicure takes about half an hour.[↗](../../manicure/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manifest** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (verb) To show something clearly, or to appear and become visible: «The illness manifested as a rash».[↗](../../manifest/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (adjective, formal) Clear and obvious to everyone.[↗](../../manifest/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (noun) A list of the goods or passengers on a ship, plane or train.[↗](../../manifest/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (verb, slang/modern) To imagine and hope hard for something so that it might happen, as people say online: «I'm manifesting a snow day».[↗](../../manifest/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* (religion/stories) For a spirit or ghost: to appear.[↗](../../manifest/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* His nerves manifested themselves as a stomach ache.[↗](../../manifest/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Her talent for music was manifest from a young age.[↗](../../manifest/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The captain checked the ship's manifest.[↗](../../manifest/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The passenger manifest listed two hundred people.[↗](../../manifest/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «I'm manifesting a pizza for dinner,» joked Chloe.[↗](../../manifest/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · In the story, the ghost manifested at midnight.[↗](../../manifest/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The measles virus manifests as red spots on the skin.[↗](../../manifest/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · To these the Kabalists add the word ATzLH, with the meaning of " producing something manifest from the unmanifested."[↗](../../manifest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../manifest/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · The Elohim are the Seven Forces, proceeding from the One Divine, which control the ''terra viventium," the manifested world of life.[↗](../../manifest/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../manifest/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · As for me, I have not hastened from being a shepherd after Thee; neither have I desired the woeful day; Thou knowest it; that which came out of my lips was manifest before Thee.[↗](../../manifest/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JER.17.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manifest/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **manifestation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sign or way that something shows itself: «Fever is a manifestation of illness».[↗](../../manifestation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The act of appearing or showing.[↗](../../manifestation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* An appearance of a ghost or spirit, in stories; (religion) a sign of God's presence, as believers describe it.[↗](../../manifestation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Sneezing can be a manifestation of hay fever.[↗](../../manifestation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His kind letter was a manifestation of his respect.[↗](../../manifestation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rash was the first manifestation of chickenpox.[↗](../../manifestation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The villagers claimed they had seen a ghostly manifestation.[↗](../../manifestation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Anger can be a manifestation of fear.[↗](../../manifestation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Epiphany celebrates the manifestation of Jesus to the world.[↗](../../manifestation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Litter in the park is one manifestation of a bigger problem.[↗](../../manifestation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · She then disappeared, and, full of hope and courage at this divine manifestation, Jason pursued his journey.[↗](../../manifestation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · is '' the voices from nothing."[↗](../../manifestation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") The Ten Sephiruth of the Kabalah are the " Ten Primary Emanations from the Divine Source " which are the primal forces leading to all manifestation upon every plane in succession.[↗](../../manifestation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../manifestation/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **manifestly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Manifestly means clearly and obviously, so that anyone can see it.[↗](../../manifestly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The story is manifestly unreal, since the cow talks.[↗](../../manifestly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The giant was manifestly far too big for the door.[↗](../../manifestly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He was manifestly tired after the long walk.[↗](../../manifestly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · with him do I speak mouth to mouth, even manifestly, and not in dark speeches; and the similitude of the LORD doth he behold; wherefore then were ye not afraid to speak against My servant, against Moses?'[↗](../../manifestly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.12.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manifestly/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **manifesto** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A manifesto is a written public statement in which a political party or group says what it believes and what it promises to do if elected.[↗](../../manifesto/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A manifesto can be any bold statement of ideas and aims by an artist, group or person.[↗](../../manifesto/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Each party published its manifesto before the election.[↗](../../manifesto/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · My school council manifesto promised a new bike shed.[↗](../../manifesto/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The party broke its manifesto promise on taxes.[↗](../../manifesto/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The artists wrote a manifesto about their new style.[↗](../../manifesto/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · We compared two manifestos in our politics lesson.[↗](../../manifesto/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Read the manifesto before you decide how to vote.[↗](../../manifesto/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **manifold** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* Manifold means many and of many different kinds.[↗](../../manifold/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *In Jewish tradition, meaning 2:* (old use) Manifold means having many parts or forms.[↗](../../manifold/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* How manifold are Thy works, O LORD\![↗](../../manifold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.104.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manifold/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · They wrought among them His manifold signs, and wonders in the land of Ham.[↗](../../manifold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.105.27, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manifold/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · And that He would tell thee the secrets of wisdom, that sound wisdom is manifold\![↗](../../manifold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manifold/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The lord had a manifold and great train of servants.[↗](../../manifold/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · They were saved from manifold dangers at sea.[↗](../../manifold/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our town has manifold blessings.[↗](../../manifold/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **manikin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (old use) A manikin is a little man, a dwarf or a very small person.[↗](../../manikin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A manikin is also a small model of a human body, used to show shapes or clothes.[↗](../../manikin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* When he had gone a short distance he met a little old manikin.[↗](../../manikin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The manikin asked him where he was going.[↗](../../manikin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He shared his bread with the manikin.[↗](../../manikin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manila** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (a name) Manila is the capital city of the Philippines, a country of islands in Southeast Asia.[↗](../../manila/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Manila paper or a manila envelope or folder: strong, light brown paper, first made from a plant called Manila hemp.[↗](../../manila/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Manila is the capital of the Philippines.[↗](../../manila/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher keeps our tests in a manila folder.[↗](../../manila/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The letter came in a brown manila envelope.[↗](../../manila/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Manila is on the island of Luzon.[↗](../../manila/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Many people in Manila speak Filipino and English.[↗](../../manila/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Typhoons sometimes hit Manila.[↗](../../manila/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **manipulate** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To control or influence someone in a clever, unfair or dishonest way, to get what you want.[↗](../../manipulate/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To handle, move or work something skilfully with your hands: «manipulate the controls».[↗](../../manipulate/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To change information, numbers or pictures, sometimes to trick people: «manipulate a photo».[↗](../../manipulate/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (science, medicine) To move or press a body part to treat it.[↗](../../manipulate/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He tried to manipulate his sister into doing his chores.[↗](../../manipulate/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A real friend does not manipulate you with guilt.[↗](../../manipulate/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The robot arm can manipulate tiny objects.[↗](../../manipulate/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In maths we manipulated the equation to find x.[↗](../../manipulate/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · That photo has been manipulated to make the wave look bigger.[↗](../../manipulate/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Toddlers learn to manipulate blocks and shapes.[↗](../../manipulate/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Advertisers sometimes try to manipulate how we feel.[↗](../../manipulate/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · If someone online tries to manipulate you, tell a trusted adult.[↗](../../manipulate/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manipulation** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Controlling or influencing people in a clever and unfair way, so they do what you want.[↗](../../manipulation/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Skilful handling or moving of something with the hands or a tool.[↗](../../manipulation/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Changing information, numbers or pictures, sometimes to trick people.[↗](../../manipulation/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (medicine) Moving or pressing body parts to treat them.[↗](../../manipulation/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Saying «If you were my friend you'd do it» can be a kind of manipulation.[↗](../../manipulation/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Photo manipulation can make a fake picture look real.[↗](../../manipulation/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Algebraic manipulation helped us solve for y.[↗](../../manipulation/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Playing with clay improves children's manipulation of small objects.[↗](../../manipulation/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The advert used clever manipulation of our feelings.[↗](../../manipulation/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Data manipulation can make a graph tell a false story.[↗](../../manipulation/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The physiotherapist used gentle manipulation on Dad's back.[↗](../../manipulation/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Learning to spot manipulation keeps you safer online.[↗](../../manipulation/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mankind** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* All people in the world, considered together; the human race; humankind.[↗](../../mankind/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (older use) Men, as opposed to women — this use is rare now.[↗](../../mankind/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The invention of writing changed mankind forever.[↗](../../mankind/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «One giant leap for mankind,» said Neil Armstrong.[↗](../../mankind/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Christians believe Jesus came to save mankind.[↗](../../mankind/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Medicine is one of the greatest gifts to mankind.[↗](../../mankind/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Pollution is a danger to all mankind.[↗](../../mankind/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The wheel was one of mankind's greatest inventions.[↗](../../mankind/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Truly, this is the way of mankind.[↗](../../mankind/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.[↗](../../mankind/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.18.22, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mankind/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.[↗](../../mankind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.20.13, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mankind/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · He caused Mem to predominate in Water, and crowned it, and combined it with others, and formed Earth on the world, cold in the year, and the fruit of the womb in mankind, being carried in the belly.[↗](../../mankind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887)[↗](../../mankind/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. — (Writings JOB.12.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mankind/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **manky** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (UK, Ireland, slang) Dirty, smelly or disgusting: manky socks.[↗](../../manky/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (UK, slang) Of poor quality; broken or worn out.[↗](../../manky/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (UK, slang) Rotten or gone off, about food.[↗](../../manky/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Your football boots are manky; clean them\![↗](../../manky/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Ew, that sandwich has gone manky.[↗](../../manky/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't use that manky towel.[↗](../../manky/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My trainers are so manky after the muddy walk.[↗](../../manky/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The bathroom at the campsite was really manky.[↗](../../manky/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He kept his manky old teddy for years.[↗](../../manky/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · This apple is manky inside.[↗](../../manky/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Put your manky socks in the wash.[↗](../../manky/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **manly** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Manly means brave, strong and having the qualities thought right for a man.[↗](../../manly/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It is not manly to take revenge like that.[↗](../../manly/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Jonas said going alone was more manly.[↗](../../manly/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He had a deep, manly voice.[↗](../../manly/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **manna** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (Bible) Manna was the special food that, the Bible says, God sent from heaven each morning to feed the Israelites in the desert after they left Egypt.[↗](../../manna/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Something good and unexpected that you need very much: «manna from heaven».[↗](../../manna/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* In the desert the Israelites ate manna every morning.[↗](../../manna/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The Bible says manna tasted like wafers made with honey.[↗](../../manna/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The people were told to gather only enough manna for one day.[↗](../../manna/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The surprise money was manna from heaven for the poor family.[↗](../../manna/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · For the hungry walkers, the café was like manna.[↗](../../manna/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Moses told the people that the manna came from God.[↗](../../manna/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The rain was manna from heaven for the dry farms.[↗](../../manna/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.[↗](../../manna/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.11.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manna/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And when the dew fell upon the camp in the night, the manna fell upon it. — (Torah NUM.11.9, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manna/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' — (Torah NUM.11.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manna/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.[↗](../../manna/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.78.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manna/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou gavest also Thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not Thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst.[↗](../../manna/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings NEH.9.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manna/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And the manna ceased on the morrow, after they had eaten of the produce of the land; neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.[↗](../../manna/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOS.5.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../manna/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) … [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/7/) **8** [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/9/) … [54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/54/) - ← previous: [page 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/7/) - next →: [page 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/9/) - ↑ back to [The English 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