Exodus 16:4
Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain bread from the sky for you, and the people shall go out and gather a day’s portion every day, that I may test them, whether they will walk in my law or not.This verse in the real world
In what words
- מָטַרmâṭarto rain
- נָסָהnâçâhto test; by implication, to attempt
- לָקַטlâqaṭproperly, to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean
- לֶחֶםlechemfood (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- שָׁמַיִםshâmayimthe sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move,
- מֹשֶׁהMôshehMosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
- יָלַךְyâlakto walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
- יָצָאyâtsâʼto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figurati
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Co 10:3, Psa 78:24–25, Deu 8:2, Psa 105:40, Exo 15:25, Jhn 6:31–32, Deu 8:16, Mat 6:11