Internet Verse Search Commentaries Word Analysis ITL - draft

Exodus 16:15

NETBible	When¹ the Israelites saw it, they said to one another,² “What is it?” because they did not know what it was.³ Moses said to them, “It is the bread⁴ that the Lord has given you for food.⁵
NIV © biblegateway Exo 16:15	When the Israelites saw it, they said to each other, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread the LORD has given you to eat.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 16:15	When the sons of Israel saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. And Moses said to them, "It is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 16:15	The Israelites were puzzled when they saw it. "What is it?" they asked. And Moses told them, "It is the food the LORD has given you.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 16:15	The Israelites took one look and said to one another, [man-hu] (What is it?). They had no idea what it was. So Moses told them, "It's the bread GOD has given you to eat.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 16:15	And when the children of Israel saw it, they said to one another, What is it? for they had no idea what it was. And Moses said to them, It is the bread which the Lord has given you for your food.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 16:15	When the Israelites saw it, they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was. Moses said to them, "It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 16:15	So when the children of Israel saw it , they said to one another, "What is it?" For they did not know what it was . And Moses said to them, "This is the bread which the LORD has given you to eat.
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KJV	And when the children <01121> of Israel <03478> saw <07200> (8799) [it], they said <0559> (8799) one <0376> to another <0251>_, It [is] manna <04478>_: for they wist <03045> (8804) not what it [was]. And Moses <04872> said <0559> (8799) unto them, This [is] the bread <03899> which the LORD <03068> hath given <05414> (8804) you to eat <0402>_. {It is...: or, What is this? or, It is a portion}
NASB © biblegateway Exo 16:15	When the sons <01121> of Israel <03478> saw <07200> it, they said <0559> to one <0376> another <0251> , "What <04478> is it?" For they did not know <03045> what <04100> it was. And Moses <04872> said <0559> to them, "It is the bread <03899> which <0834> the LORD <03068> has given <05414> you to eat <0402> .
LXXM	idontev <3708> V-AAPNP de <1161> PRT auto <846> D-ASN oi <3588> T-NPM uioi <5207> N-NPM israhl <2474> N-PRI eipan {V-AAI-3P} eterov <2087> A-NSM tw <3588> T-DSM eterw <2087> A-DSM ti <5100> I-NSN estin <1510> V-PAI-3S touto <3778> D-NSN ou <3364> ADV gar <1063> PRT hdeisan {V-YAI-3P} ti <5100> I-NSN hn <1510> V-IAI-3S eipen {V-AAI-3S} de <1161> PRT mwushv {N-NSM} prov <4314> PREP autouv <846> D-APM outov <3778> D-NSM o <3588> T-NSM artov <740> N-NSM on <3739> R-ASM edwken <1325> V-AAI-3S kuriov <2962> N-NSM umin <4771> P-DP fagein <2068> V-AAN
NET [draft] ITL	When the Israelites <03478> <01121> saw <07200> it, they said <0559> to one <0376> another <0251> , “What is it <01931> ?” because <03588> they did not <03808> know <03045> what <04100> it <01931> was. Moses <04872> said <0559> to <0413> them, “It <01931> is the bread <03899> that <0834> the Lord <03068> has given <05414> you for food <0402> .
HEBREW	hlkal <0402> Mkl <0> hwhy <03068> Ntn <05414> rsa <0834> Mxlh <03899> awh <01931> Mhla <0413> hsm <04872> rmayw <0559> awh <01931> hm <04100> wedy <03045> al <03808> yk <03588> awh <01931> Nm <04478> wyxa <0251> la <0413> sya <0376> wrmayw <0559> larvy <03478> ynb <01121> waryw (16:15) <07200>

NETBible

When¹ the Israelites saw it, they said to one another,² “What is it?” because they did not know what it was.³ Moses said to them, “It is the bread⁴ that the Lord has given you for food.⁵

NET Notes

¹tn The preterite with vav consecutive is here subordinated to the next verb as a temporal clause. The main point of the verse is what they said.

²tn Heb “a man to his brother.”

³tn The text has: מָן הוּא כִּי לאֹ יָדְעוּ מַה־הוּא (man hu’ ki lo’ yadÿ’u mah hu’). From this statement the name “manna” was given to the substance. מָן for “what” is not found in Hebrew, but appears in Syriac as a contraction of ma den, “what then?” In Aramaic and Arabic man is “what?” The word is used here apparently for the sake of etymology. B. S. Childs (Exodus [OTL], 274) follows the approach that any connections to words that actually meant “what?” are unnecessary, for it is a play on the name (whatever it may have been) and therefore related only by sound to the term being explained. This, however, presumes that a substance was known prior to this account – a point that Deuteronomy does not seem to allow. S. R. Driver says that it is not known how early the contraction came into use, but that this verse seems to reflect it (Exodus, 149). Probably one must simply accept that in the early Israelite period man meant “what?” There seems to be sufficient evidence to support this. See EA 286,5; UT 435; DNWSI 1:157.

⁴sn B. Jacob (Exodus, 454-55) suggests that Moses was saying to them, “It is not manna. It is the food Yahweh has given you.” He comes to this conclusion based on the strange popular etymology from the interrogative word, noting that people do not call things “what?”

⁵sn For other views see G. Vermès, “‘He Is the Bread’ Targum Neofiti Ex. 16:15,” SJLA 8 (1975): 139-46; and G. J. Cowling, “Targum Neofiti Ex. 16:15,” AJBA (1974-75): 93-105.