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title: מָן — manna · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מָן (4478), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: manna. BDB 1906: n.m. manna. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מָן

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«מָן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **manna** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 13 times · **Key:** 4478 · **BDB:** מָן

### Glosses

manna (13)

### Meaning (OSHB)

manna [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4478/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. manna [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4478/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Nu 11:9 manna ( = Arabic مَنٌّ, known to Beduin in Sin. Penin.; a juice exuding in heavy drops from twigs (some say also the leaves) of Ṭarfa (Ṭŭrfa) tree (tamarix gallica mannifera) in W. Sin. Penin., end of May and in June, sweet, sticky, honey-like; cf. Di Ex 16:36 RobBR i, 75, 115, 590 EbGS 233 ff., 574 ff. SocZMG xxxv. 1881, 254);—מ׳ abs. Ex 16:15 + 12 times, sf. מַנְךָ Ne 9:20:—manna: וַיֹּאמְרוּ מָן הוּא כִּי לֹא יָֽדְעוּ מַה־הוּא Ex 16:15; v 31, 33, 35(×2) Nu 11:6, 7, 9 (described Ex 16:14, 31 Nu 11:7; accomp. dew Ex 16:14 Nu 11:9); ceased after Israel reached Canaan Jos 5:12(×2); as 2nd acc. הֶאֱכִילְךָ אֶת־הַמָּן Dt 8:3, cf. v 16; וַיּמְטֵר עֲלֵיהֶם מָן לֶאֱכֹל ψ 78:24; וּמַנְךָ לֹא־מָנַעְתָּ מִפִּיהֶם Ne 9:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (14 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (9 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4478/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Numbers 11:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/NUM.11.6/)

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וְעַתָּ֛ה נַפְשֵׁ֥נוּ יְבֵשָׁ֖ה אֵ֣ין כֹּ֑ל בִּלְתִּ֖י אֶל־הַמָּ֥ן עֵינֵֽינוּ׃

*Word for word:* and now appetite our \[is\].dry there.\[is\].not anything except \[are\].to the manna eyes our

*JPS 1917:* but now our soul is dried away; there is nothing at all; we have nought save this manna to look to.' —

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[Psalms 78:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.78.24/)

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וַיַּמְטֵ֬ר עֲלֵיהֶ֣ם מָ֣ן לֶאֱכֹ֑ל וּדְגַן־שָׁ֝מַ֗יִם נָ֣תַן לָֽמוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.rained.down on them manna to eat and.\[the\] grain of.heaven he.gave to them

*JPS 1917:* And He caused manna to rain upon them for food, and gave them of the corn of heaven.

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