King James Version

Psalms 105:40

The people asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

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שָׁאַ֣לshaaldemandשָׁאַלverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “demand”, a completed actionH7592to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demandask (counsel, on), beg, borrow, lay to charge, consult, demand, desire, [idiom] earnestly, enquire, [phrase] greet, obtain leave, lend, pray, request, require, [phrase] salute, [idiom] straitly, [idiom] surely, wish.וַיָּבֵ֣אvayaveand to comeבּוֹאconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and to come”, the next action in the storyH935to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)abide, apply, attain, [idiom] be, befall, [phrase] besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, [idiom] certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, [idiom] doubtless again, [phrase] eat,…שְׂלָ֑וselavquailsשְׂלָוnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “quails”, the ordinary formH7958the quail collectively (as slow in flight from its weight)quails.וְלֶ֥חֶםvelechemand breadלֶחֶםconjunction, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct — “and bread”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3899food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)(shew-) bread, [idiom] eat, food, fruit, loaf, meat, victuals.שָׁ֝מַ֗יִםshamayimheavenשָׁמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “heaven”, the ordinary formH8064the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)air, [idiom] astrologer, heaven(-s).יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽםyasbiemfillשָׂבַעverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “fill”, an unfinished actionH7646to sate, i.e. fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)have enough, fill (full, self, with), be (to the) full (of), have plenty of, be satiate, satisfy (with), suffice, be weary of.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They asked, and he brought quails, And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

They have asked, and He bringeth quails, And [with] bread of heaven satisfieth them.

World English Bible

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of the sky.

Darby Translation

They asked, and he brought quails, and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Douay-Rheims

And the Lord was exceedingly angry with his people: and he abhorred his inheritance.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They asked, and He brought quails, and gave them in plenty the bread of heaven.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They asked, and the quail came, and he satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἤτησαν, καὶ ἦλθεν ὀρτυγομήτρα, καὶ ἄρτον οὐρανοῦ ἐνέπλησεν αὐτούς.

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John 6:31 John 6:31 · King James VersionOur fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.John 6:31 · King James VersionOpen the Source
as it is written
Our fathers did eat manna in the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.

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