Exodus 16:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And Moses said, This is the thing which Jehovah hath commanded, Let an omerful of it be kept throughout your generations, that they may see the bread wherewith I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֗ה זֶ֤ה הַדָּבָר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוָּ֣ה יְהוָ֔ה מְלֹ֤א הָעֹ֙מֶר֙ מִמֶּ֔נּוּ לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן ׀ יִרְא֣וּ אֶת־הַלֶּ֗חֶם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֶאֱכַ֤לְתִּי אֶתְכֶם֙ בַּמִּדְבָּ֔ר בְּהוֹצִיאִ֥י אֶתְכֶ֖ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם׃

Transliteration

And wə-yōʾmer Mōšeh, This zeh the dābār which ʾăšer ṣiwwāh YHWH: mĕlōʾ the ʿōmer from it mimmenû for lĕ-mišmeret for your generations lĕ-dōrōtêkem, in order that lĕmaʿan they may see yirʾû ʾet-the leḥem which ʾăšer I fed heʾĕkaltî you ʾetkem in the wilderness ba-midbār in my bringing out bĕ-hôṣîʾî you ʾetkem from land mē-ʾereṣ of Miṣrāyim.

Grammar Details

*wə-yōʾmer*: waw consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
*Mōšeh*: proper noun, masculine singular - Moses
*zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
*dābār*: noun, masculine singular - word/thing/matter
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*ṣiwwāh*: piel perfect, 3rd masculine singular - commanded
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD/Yahweh
*mĕlōʾ*: construct noun, masculine singular - fullness of
*ʿōmer*: noun, masculine singular - omer (measure)
*mimmenû*: preposition min + 3rd masculine singular suffix - from it
*lĕ-mišmeret*: preposition lamed + noun, feminine singular - for preservation/keeping
*lĕ-dōrōtêkem*: preposition lamed + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine plural suffix - for your generations
*lĕmaʿan*: conjunction - in order that/so that
*yirʾû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they may see
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*leḥem*: noun, masculine singular - bread/food
*heʾĕkaltî*: hiphil perfect, 1st singular - I fed/caused to eat
*ʾetkem*: direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you
*ba-midbār*: preposition bet + definite article + noun, masculine singular - in the wilderness
*bĕ-hôṣîʾî*: preposition bet + hiphil infinitive construct + 1st singular suffix - in my bringing out
*mē-ʾereṣ*: preposition min + noun, feminine singular construct - from land of
*Miṣrāyim*: proper noun - Egypt

Word Meanings

*dābār*: word/thing/matter/command
*mĕlōʾ*: fullness/filling/full measure
*ʿōmer*: omer (specific measure unit)/sheaf
*mišmeret*: preservation/keeping/safekeeping/charge/obligation
*leḥem*: bread/food/sustenance
*midbār*: wilderness/desert/uninhabited land

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 103:1-2 : 1 [ A Psalm of David.] Bless Jehovah, O my soul; And all that is within me, [bless] his holy name. 2 Bless Jehovah, O my soul, And forget not all his benefits:
Ps 105:5 : 5 Remember his marvellous works that he hath done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
Ps 111:4-5 : 4 He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: Jehovah is gracious and merciful. 5 He hath given food unto them that fear him: He will ever be mindful of his covenant.
Luke 22:19 : 19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
Heb 2:1 : 1 Therefore {G5124} we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away [from them].

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Exod 16:33-36
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14And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.
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17And the children of Israel did so, and gathered some more, some less.
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24And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not become foul, neither was there any worm therein.
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Exod 16:28-29
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