manna-dew

manna-dew
mannˈa-dew noun
Manna imagined to be solidified dew
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  • Manna —    Heb. man hu, What is that? the name given by the Israelites to the food miraculously supplied to them during their wanderings in the wilderness (Ex. 16:15 35). The name is commonly taken as derived from man, an expression of surprise, What is… …   Easton's Bible Dictionary

  • manna — Hebrew for, perhaps, ‘the what is it?’; the food which sustained the Israelites during their trek through the wilderness. It was lying on the ground (Exod. 16:13 ff.), white in colour and sweet in taste. On Fridays a double portion fell (Exod. 16 …   Dictionary of the Bible

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  • Exodus 16 — 1 And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt …   The King James version of the Bible

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