Exodus 16:21

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{ "verseID": "Exodus.16.21", "source": "וַיִּלְקְט֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֔קֶר אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ וְחַ֥ם הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְנָמָֽס׃", "text": "And *yilqəṭû* it in the *bōqer* in the *bōqer*, *ʾîš* according to his *ʾāḵlô*, and *ḥam* the *šemeš* and *nāmās*.", "grammar": { "*yilqəṭû*": "qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they gathered", "*bōqer*": "masculine singular noun with definite article and prefixed preposition - in the morning", "*ʾîš*": "masculine singular noun - man/each one", "*ʾāḵlô*": "masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eating/food", "*ḥam*": "qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it grew hot", "*šemeš*": "feminine singular noun with definite article - the sun", "*nāmās*": "niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it melted" }, "variants": { "*bōqer babbōqer*": "morning by morning/every morning/early each morning", "*ḥam*": "grew hot/became warm", "*nāmās*": "melted/liquefied/dissolved" } }

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּלְקְט֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ בַּבֹּ֣קֶר בַּבֹּ֔קֶר אִ֖ישׁ כְּפִ֣י אָכְל֑וֹ וְחַ֥ם הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְנָמָֽס׃

Transliteration

And yilqəṭû it in the bōqer in the bōqer, ʾîš according to his ʾāḵlô, and ḥam the šemeš and nāmās.

Grammar Details

• *yilqəṭû*: qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they gathered
• *bōqer*: masculine singular noun with definite article and prefixed preposition - in the morning
• *ʾîš*: masculine singular noun - man/each one
• *ʾāḵlô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his eating/food
• *ḥam*: qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it grew hot
• *šemeš*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the sun
• *nāmās*: niphal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - it melted

Word Meanings

• *bōqer babbōqer*: morning by morning/every morning/early each morning
• *ḥam*: grew hot/became warm
• *nāmās*: melted/liquefied/dissolved

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Each morning, everyone gathered as much as they needed, and when the sun grew hot, it melted away.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  So they gathered it every morning, every man according to his need; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they gathered{H3950} it morning by morning,{H1242} every man{H376} according{H6310} to his eating:{H400} and when the sun{H8121} waxed hot,{H2552} it melted.{H4549}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And they gathered{H3950}{(H8799)} it every morning{H1242}, every man{H376} according{H6310} to his eating{H400}: and when the sun{H8121} waxed hot{H2552}{(H8804)}, it melted{H4549}{(H8738)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And they gathered it all morniges: euery ma as moch as suffised for his eatinge, for as sone as the hete of the sonne came it moulte.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And euery mornynge they gathered for them selues, as moch as euery one ate: but as soone as it was whote of the Sonne, it melted awaye.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And they gathered it euery morning, euery man according to his eating: for when the heate of the sunne came, it was melted.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And they gathered all mornynges euery man as muche as sufficed for his eatyng: and assoone as the heate of the sunne came, it moult.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And they gather it morning by morning, each according to his eating; when the sun hath been warm, then it hath melted.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And they gathered it morning by morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And they took it up morning by morning, every man as he had need: and when the sun was high it was gone.

• World English Bible (2000)

  They gathered it morning by morning, everyone according to his eating. When the sun grew hot, it melted.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 6:6-9 : 6 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.6", "source": "לֵֽךְ־אֶל־נְמָלָ֥ה עָצֵ֑ל רְאֵ֖ה דְרָכֶ֣יהָ וַחֲכָֽם׃", "text": "*lēḵ*-to-*nəmālāh* *ʿāṣēl* *rəʾēh* *dərāḵeyhā* and-*ḥăḵām*", "grammar": { "*lēḵ*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - go", "*nəmālāh*": "noun, feminine singular - ant", "*ʿāṣēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - sluggard/lazy person", "*rəʾēh*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - see/observe", "*dərāḵeyhā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her ways", "*ḥăḵām*": "verb, qal imperative masculine singular - be wise" }, "variants": { "*ʿāṣēl*": "sluggard/lazy person/slothful one" } } 7 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.7", "source": "אֲשֶׁ֖ר אֵֽין־לָ֥הּ קָצִ֗ין שֹׁטֵ֥ר וּמֹשֵֽׁל׃", "text": "which *ʾēyn*-to-her *qāṣîn* *šōṭēr* and-*mōšēl*", "grammar": { "*ʾēyn*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*qāṣîn*": "noun, masculine singular - chief/commander/ruler", "*šōṭēr*": "noun, masculine singular - officer/official", "*mōšēl*": "noun, masculine singular - ruler/governor" }, "variants": { "*qāṣîn*": "chief/leader/commander", "*šōṭēr*": "officer/overseer/official", "*mōšēl*": "ruler/governor/one who exercises authority" } } 8 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.8", "source": "תָּכִ֣ין בַּקַּ֣יִץ לַחְמָ֑הּ אָגְרָ֥ה בַ֝קָּצִ֗יר מַאֲכָלָֽהּ׃", "text": "*tāḵîn* in-the-*qayiṣ* *laḥmāh* *ʾāḡərāh* in-the-*qāṣîr* *maʾăḵālāh*", "grammar": { "*tāḵîn*": "verb, hiphil imperfect 3rd person feminine singular - she prepares", "*qayiṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - summer/summer fruit", "*laḥmāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her bread/food", "*ʾāḡərāh*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - she gathers/stores up", "*qāṣîr*": "noun, masculine singular - harvest", "*maʾăḵālāh*": "noun, masculine singular with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her food" }, "variants": { "*qayiṣ*": "summer/summer fruit/season of fruits", "*laḥmāh*": "her bread/her food/her provisions", "*qāṣîr*": "harvest/harvest time" } } 9 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.9", "source": "עַד־מָתַ֖י עָצֵ֥ל ׀ תִּשְׁכָּ֑ב מָ֝תַ֗י תָּק֥וּם מִשְּׁנָתֶֽךָ׃", "text": "Until-when *ʿāṣēl* *tiškāv* when *tāqûm* from-*šənāteḵā*", "grammar": { "*ʿāṣēl*": "adjective, masculine singular - sluggard/lazy person", "*tiškāv*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will lie down", "*tāqûm*": "verb, qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will arise", "*šənāteḵā*": "noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your sleep" }, "variants": { "*ʿāṣēl*": "sluggard/lazy person/slothful one", "*tiškāv*": "you will lie down/you continue to lie" } } 10 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.10", "source": "מְעַ֣ט שֵׁ֭נוֹת מְעַ֣ט תְּנוּמ֑וֹת מְעַ֓ט ׀ חִבֻּ֖ק יָדַ֣יִם לִשְׁכָּֽב׃", "text": "A-little *šēnôt* a-little *tənûmôt* a-little *ḥibbūq* *yādayim* to-*liškāv*", "grammar": { "*šēnôt*": "noun, feminine plural - sleeps", "*tənûmôt*": "noun, feminine plural - slumbers", "*ḥibbūq*": "noun, masculine singular construct - folding of", "*yādayim*": "noun, feminine dual - hands", "*liškāv*": "preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct - to lie down" }, "variants": { "*šēnôt*": "sleeps/periods of sleep", "*tənûmôt*": "slumbers/periods of drowsiness", "*ḥibbūq*": "folding/clasping/embracing" } } 11 { "verseID": "Proverbs.6.11", "source": "וּבָֽא־כִמְהַלֵּ֥ךְ רֵאשֶׁ֑ךָ וּ֝מַחְסֹֽרְךָ֗ כְּאִ֣ישׁ מָגֵֽן׃ פ", "text": "And-*vāʾ*-like-*məhallēḵ* *rēʾšeḵā* and-*maḥsōrḵā* like-*ʾîš* *māḡēn*", "grammar": { "*vāʾ*": "verb, qal perfect 3rd person masculine singular - he/it will come", "*məhallēḵ*": "noun, piel participle masculine singular - one who walks/traveler", "*rēʾšeḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your poverty", "*maḥsōrḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your want/need", "*ʾîš*": "noun, masculine singular - man", "*māḡēn*": "noun, masculine singular - shield/armed man" }, "variants": { "*məhallēḵ*": "traveler/wanderer/prowler", "*rēʾšeḵā*": "your poverty/your destitution", "*māḡēn*": "shield/armed man/man with a shield" } }
• Eccl 9:10 : 10 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.9.10", "source": "כֹּ֠ל אֲשֶׁ֨ר תִּמְצָ֧א יָֽדְךָ֛ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת בְּכֹחֲךָ֖ עֲשֵׂ֑ה כִּי֩ אֵ֨ין מַעֲשֶׂ֤ה וְחֶשְׁבּוֹן֙ וְדַ֣עַת וְחָכְמָ֔ה בִּשְׁא֕וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֖ה הֹלֵ֥ךְ שָֽׁמָּה׃", "text": "All that *timṣāʾ* *yādĕkā* to-*laʿăśôt* in-*kōḥăkā* *ʿăśēh*; for not *maʿăśeh* and-*ḥešbôn* and-*daʿat* and-*ḥokmâ* in-*šĕʾôl* that you *hōlēk* there.", "grammar": { "*timṣāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you find", "*yādĕkā*": "noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand", "*laʿăśôt*": "verb, qal infinitive construct with preposition - to do", "*kōḥăkā*": "noun, masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your strength", "*ʿăśēh*": "verb, qal imperative, masculine singular - do", "*maʿăśeh*": "noun, masculine singular - work/deed", "*ḥešbôn*": "noun, masculine singular - reckoning/account", "*daʿat*": "noun, feminine singular - knowledge", "*ḥokmâ*": "noun, feminine singular - wisdom", "*šĕʾôl*": "noun, feminine singular - Sheol/grave", "*hōlēk*": "verb, qal participle, masculine singular - going" }, "variants": { "*timṣāʾ yādĕkā*": "your hand finds/you are able/you have opportunity", "*laʿăśôt*": "to do/to perform/to accomplish", "*kōḥăkā*": "your strength/your power/your ability", "*ʿăśēh*": "do/perform/accomplish", "*maʿăśeh*": "work/deed/activity/action", "*ḥešbôn*": "reckoning/account/reasoning/planning", "*daʿat*": "knowledge/understanding/perception", "*ḥokmâ*": "wisdom/skill/intelligence", "*šĕʾôl*": "Sheol/grave/realm of the dead", "*hōlēk šāmmâ*": "going there/headed there" } }
• Eccl 12:1 : 1 { "verseID": "Ecclesiastes.12.1", "source": "וּזְכֹר֙ אֶת־בּ֣וֹרְאֶ֔יךָ בִּימֵ֖י בְּחוּרֹתֶ֑יךָ עַ֣ד אֲשֶׁ֤ר לֹא־יָבֹ֙אוּ֙ יְמֵ֣י הָֽרָעָ֔ה וְהִגִּ֣יעוּ שָׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר אֵֽין־לִ֥י בָהֶ֖ם חֵֽפֶץ׃", "text": "Wə-*zəḵōr* *ʾet*-*bôrəʾêḵā* bi-*yəmê* *bəḥûrōtêḵā* *ʿad* *ʾăšer* lō-*yāḇōʾû* *yəmê* ha-*rāʿāh* wə-*higgîʿû* *šānîm* *ʾăšer* *tōʾmar* *ʾên*-*lî* *bāhem* *ḥēpeṣ*", "grammar": { "*zəḵōr*": "imperative, masculine singular - remember", "*ʾet*": "direct object marker", "*bôrəʾêḵā*": "qal participle, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your creators/creator", "*yəmê*": "construct plural of *yôm* - days of", "*bəḥûrōtêḵā*": "noun, feminine plural with 2nd person masculine singular possessive suffix - your youth", "*ʿad*": "preposition - until/before", "*ʾăšer*": "relative particle - which/when", "*yāḇōʾû*": "qal imperfect, 3rd person plural - they will come", "*yəmê*": "construct plural of *yôm* - days of", "*rāʿāh*": "noun, feminine singular - evil/trouble", "*higgîʿû*": "hiphil perfect, 3rd person plural - they have arrived", "*šānîm*": "noun, feminine plural - years", "*tōʾmar*": "qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will say", "*ʾên*": "particle of negation - there is not", "*lî*": "preposition with 1st person singular suffix - to me", "*bāhem*": "preposition with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - in them", "*ḥēpeṣ*": "noun, masculine singular - pleasure/delight/desire" }, "variants": { "*bôrəʾêḵā*": "your Creator(s)/Maker(s) - plural form could be intensive singular (God) or literal plural", "*bəḥûrōtêḵā*": "your youth/young manhood/prime of life", "*rāʿāh*": "evil/misery/distress/calamity/trouble" } }
• Matt 6:33 : 33 { "verseID": "Matthew.6.33", "source": "Ζητεῖτε δὲ πρῶτον τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ τὴν δικαιοσύνην αὐτοῦ· καὶ ταῦτα πάντα προστεθήσεται ὑμῖν.", "text": "*Zēteite de prōton* the *basileian* of the *Theou*, and the *dikaiosynēn* of him; and *tauta panta prostethēsetai* to you.", "grammar": { "*Zēteite de*": "present active imperative, 2nd plural + contrastive particle - but seek", "*prōton*": "adverb - first", "*basileian*": "accusative, feminine, singular - kingdom", "*Theou*": "genitive, masculine, singular - of God", "*dikaiosynēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - righteousness", "*tauta panta*": "nominative, neuter, plural + nominative, neuter, plural - these all", "*prostethēsetai*": "future passive indicative, 3rd singular - will be added" }, "variants": { "*Zēteite*": "seek/search for/strive for", "*prōton*": "first/firstly/first of all", "*basileian*": "kingdom/reign/rule", "*Theou*": "of God/of the Deity", "*dikaiosynēn*": "righteousness/justice/right behavior", "*tauta panta*": "all these things", "*prostethēsetai*": "will be added/will be given in addition" } }
• John 12:35 : 35 { "verseID": "John.12.35", "source": "Εἶπεν οὖν αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς, Ἔτι μικρὸν χρόνον τὸ φῶς μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἐστιν. Περιπατεῖτε ἕως τὸ φῶς ἔχετε, ἵνα μὴ σκοτία ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ: καὶ ὁ περιπατῶν ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ οὐκ οἶδεν ποῦ ὑπάγει.", "text": "*Eipen* therefore to them the *Iēsous*, Yet a *mikron* *chronon* the *phōs* with you *estin*. *Peripateite* while the *phōs* you *echete*, that not *skotia* you might *katalabē*; and the one *peripatōn* in the *skotia* not *oiden* where he *hypagei*.", "grammar": { "*Eipen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - said/spoke", "*Iēsous*": "nominative masculine singular - Jesus", "*mikron*": "accusative neuter singular - small/little", "*chronon*": "accusative masculine singular - time/period", "*phōs*": "nominative neuter singular - light", "*estin*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - is", "*Peripateite*": "present active imperative, 2nd person plural - walk/conduct yourselves", "*echete*": "present active indicative, 2nd person plural - you have/possess", "*skotia*": "nominative feminine singular - darkness", "*katalabē*": "aorist active subjunctive, 3rd person singular - might overtake/seize", "*peripatōn*": "present active participle, nominative masculine singular - walking/conducting oneself", "*skotia*": "dative feminine singular - darkness", "*oiden*": "perfect active indicative, 3rd person singular - knows/understands", "*hypagei*": "present active indicative, 3rd person singular - goes/departs" }, "variants": { "*Eipen*": "said/spoke/told", "*Iēsous*": "Jesus", "*mikron*": "small/little/brief", "*chronon*": "time/period/duration", "*phōs*": "light/radiance/illumination", "*estin*": "is/exists/is present", "*Peripateite*": "walk/conduct yourselves/live", "*echete*": "have/possess/hold", "*skotia*": "darkness/gloom/absence of light", "*katalabē*": "overtake/seize/grasp/overcome", "*peripatōn*": "walking/going/conducting oneself", "*oiden*": "knows/understands/comprehends", "*hypagei*": "goes/departs/proceeds/leaves" } }
• 2 Cor 6:2 : 2 { "verseID": "2 Corinthians.6.2", "source": "(Λέγει γάρ, Καιρῷ δεκτῷ ἐπήκουσά σου, καὶ ἐν ἡμέρᾳ σωτηρίας ἐβοήθησά σοι: ἰδοὺ, νῦν καιρὸς εὐπρόσδεκτος· ἰδοὺ, νῦν ἡμέρα σωτηρίας.)", "text": "(For He *legei*, In *kairō* *dektō* I *epēkousa* you, and in *hēmera* of *sōtērias* I *eboēthēsa* you: *idou*, now *kairos* *euprosdektos*; *idou*, now *hēmera* of *sōtērias*.)", "grammar": { "*legei*": "present indicative, 3rd person singular - he/she/it says", "*kairō*": "dative, masculine, singular - in time/season/opportunity", "*dektō*": "dative, masculine, singular - acceptable/favorable", "*epēkousa*": "aorist indicative, 1st person singular - I listened to/heard/heeded", "*hēmera*": "dative, feminine, singular - day", "*sōtērias*": "genitive, feminine, singular - of salvation/deliverance", "*eboēthēsa*": "aorist indicative, 1st person singular - I helped/aided/assisted", "*idou*": "aorist imperative, middle - behold/look/see", "*kairos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - time/season/opportunity", "*euprosdektos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - well-accepted/very favorable/acceptable" }, "variants": { "*kairō*": "time/season/proper time/opportune moment", "*dektō*": "acceptable/favorable/well-received", "*epēkousa*": "heard/listened to/heeded/responded to", "*sōtērias*": "salvation/deliverance/preservation/rescue", "*eboēthēsa*": "helped/aided/assisted/rescued", "*idou*": "behold/look/see here", "*euprosdektos*": "well-accepted/very favorable/highly acceptable" } }