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# coriander

«coriander» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **A plant whose small round seeds and leaves are used to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun

### meaning for a pupil

A plant whose small round seeds and leaves are used to flavor food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coriander/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It is the plant that the manna, the food from heaven in the desert, is compared to, because of its small round shape and whitish color. Interpretation: The comparison hints that the manna was small and plain to look at but tasted of whatever the eater wished, as the rabbis taught.

### examples

- Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium. (Torah NUM.11.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coriander/#x1)
- 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. (Torah EXO.16.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coriander/#x2)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.442/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «coriander» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/coriander/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.