Manna: Difference between revisions

'''Manna''' (Hebrew: מָן)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/4478.html |title=Strong's #4478 - מָן |website=StudyLight.org |quote= }}</ref>is the mystical food that the Israelites received from [[God]] during their 40-year journey in the desert. It was a staple food for them along with quails in the desert.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Psalms+105%3A40&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Psalms 105:40 |publisher= }}</ref> Manna means "What is this?"<ref>[https://www.hebrewversity.com/word-mannamean-hebrew/ WHAT DOES THE WORD “MANNA”MEAN IN HEBREW?], ''Hebrewversity''</ref> It may be because when God first gave Manna to the Israelites, they said to each other, “What is this?” (Hebrew: man hu? Hebrew phrase: מָ֣ן ה֔וּא).<ref>Francis Brown, Samuel Rolles Driver, Charles Augustus Briggs, Wilhelm Gesenius, Edward Robinson, pg. 577, ''Hendrickson Publishers Marketing'', LLC, September 2018, The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/lexicons/eng/hebrew/1931.html |title= Strong's #1931 - הִיא |website=StudyLight.org |quote= }}</ref><ref>[https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4478.htm 4478. man], ''Bible Hub''</ref> It is said that it tasted like wafers made with honey and was white like coriander seed.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Exodus+16%3A31&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Exodus 16:31 |publisher= }}</ref> There was no manna coming down the day after the Israelites ended their 40-year life in the desert and entered the land of Canaan and ate their produce.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.studylight.org/study-desk.html?q1=Joshua+5%3A12&q2=&ss=0&t1=eng_n84&t2=eng_kjv&t3=eng_nas&ns=0&sr=1&ot=bhs&nt=wh&hv1=1&b=verse&d=3 |title=Joshua 5:12 |publisher= }}</ref>