King James Version

Exodus 16:31

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.

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וַיִּקְרְא֧וּvayiqrevand callקָרָאconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and call”, the next action in the storyH7121to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.בֵֽיתveytfamilyבַּיִתnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “family”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)court, daughter, door, [phrase] dungeon, family, [phrase] forth of, [idiom] great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, [phrase] prison, [phrase] steward, [phrase] tablet, temple, web,…יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לyisraelIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵלnoun, proper name — “Israel”H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterityIsrael.אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).שְׁמ֖וֹshemvofameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “fame”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.מָ֑ןmanmannaמָןnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “manna”, the ordinary formH4478literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)manna.וְה֗וּאvehuand as for herהוּאconjunction, pronoun, personal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and as for her”H1931he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or arehe, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.כְּזֶ֤רַעkezeraas seedזֶרַעpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “as seed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2233seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity[idiom] carnally, child, fruitful, seed(-time), sowing-time.גַּד֙gadcorianderגַּדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “coriander”, the ordinary formH1407coriander seed (from its furrows)coriander.לָבָ֔ןlavanwhiteלָבָןadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “white”, the ordinary formH3836whitewhite.וְטַעְמ֖וֹvetamvoand tasteטַעַםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and taste”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2940properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandateadvice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.כְּצַפִּיחִ֥תketsapichitas waferצַפִּיחִתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “as wafer”, the ordinary formH6838a flat thin cakewafer.בִּדְבָֽשׁbidvashin honeyדְּבַשׁpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “in honey”, the ordinary formH1706honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syruphoney(-comb).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

and the house of Israel call its name Manna, and it [is] as coriander seed, white; and its taste [is] as a cake with honey.

World English Bible

The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.

Darby Translation

And the house of Israel called its name Manna; and it was like coriander-seed, white; and the taste of it was like cake with honey.

Douay-Rheims

And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed white, and the taste thereof like to flour with honey.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And the children of Israel called the name of it Man; and it was as white coriander seed, and the taste of it as a wafer with honey.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπωνόμασαν αὐτὸ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Μάν· ἦν δὲ ὡσεὶ σπέρμα κορίου λευκόν· τὸ δὲ γεῦμα αὐτοῦ ὡς ἐγκρὶς ἐν μέλιτι.