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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/numbers/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The manna was like coriander seed and looked like resin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/numbers/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The manna looked like small coriander seeds, and it was pale yellow like gum resin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the manna <i>was</i> as coriander seed, and the colour thereof as the colour of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the manna <i>was</i> like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The manna was like small whitish seeds <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />(Manna was [small] like coriander seeds and looked like resin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Manna was like small seeds, whitish yellow in color. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Now manna was reminiscent of coriander seed, with an appearance similar to amber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now the manna resembled coriander seed, and its appearance was like that of gum resin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />(Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color like the color of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The manna was like coriander seed, and its appearance like the appearance of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the manna was as coriander-seed, and the color of it as the color of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The manna was like coriander seed, and it looked like bdellium. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdellium;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the manna is as coriander seed, and its aspect as the aspect of bdolach;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the manna it as the seed of coriander, and its eye as the eye of bdellium.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />A Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, but with the color of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Manna was like coriander seed and had the appearance of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and its color was like the color of gum resin.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the manna was like coriander seed, and its color as the color of beryllium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And manna was like the seed of coriander and its color like the color of pearl.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Now the manna was like coriander seed, and the appearance thereof as the appearance of bdellium.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the manna is as coriander seed, and the appearance of it the appearance of hoar-frost.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/11-7.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=3564" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/11.htm">The Complaints of the People</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">6</span>But now our appetite is gone; there is nothing to see but this manna!” <span class="reftext">7</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4478.htm" title="4478: wə·ham·mān (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Manna (a kind of bread). From mah; literally, a whatness, i.e. Manna.">Now the manna</a> <a href="/hebrew/1407.htm" title="1407: gaḏ (N-ms) -- Coriander. From gadad; coriander seed.">resembled coriander</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: kiz·ra‘- (Prep-k:: N-msc) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">seed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ê·nōw (Conj-w:: N-csc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">and its appearance</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: kə·‘ên (Prep-k:: N-csc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">was like that</a> <a href="/hebrew/916.htm" title="916: hab·bə·ḏō·laḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Probably bdellium. Probably from badal; something in pieces, i.e. Bdellium, a gum; others a pearl.">of gum resin.</a> </span><span class="reftext">8</span>The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31</a></span><br />Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-24.htm">Psalm 78:24-25</a></span><br />He rained down manna for them to eat; He gave them grain from heaven. / Man ate the bread of angels; He sent them food in abundance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-33</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-49.htm">John 6:49-51</a></span><br />Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died. / This is the bread that comes down from heaven, so that anyone may eat of it and not die. / I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/9-15.htm">Nehemiah 9:15</a></span><br />In their hunger You gave them bread from heaven; in their thirst You brought them water from the rock. You told them to go in and possess the land that You had sworn to give them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-40.htm">Psalm 105:40</a></span><br />They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/10-3.htm">1 Corinthians 10:3</a></span><br />They all ate the same spiritual food<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-3.htm">Deuteronomy 8:3</a></span><br />He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-58.htm">John 6:58</a></span><br />This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Exodus 16:14-15</a></span><br />When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground. / When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/8-16.htm">Deuteronomy 8:16</a></span><br />He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-35.htm">John 6:35</a></span><br />Jesus answered, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to Me will never hunger, and whoever believes in Me will never thirst.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-48.htm">John 6:48</a></span><br />I am the bread of life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Exodus 16:4</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will rain down bread from heaven for you. Each day the people are to go out and gather enough for that day. In this way I will test whether or not they will follow My instructions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-41.htm">John 6:41</a></span><br />At this, the Jews began to grumble about Jesus because He had said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the manna was as coriander seed, and the color thereof as the color of bdellium.</p><p class="hdg">the manna</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/16-14.htm">Exodus 16:14,15,31</a></b></br> And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness <i>there lay</i> a small round thing, <i>as</i> small as the hoar frost on the ground… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_corinthians/1-23.htm">1 Corinthians 1:23,24</a></b></br> But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">Revelation 2:17</a></b></br> He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth <i>it</i>.</p><p class="hdg">colour thereof as the colour of.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Genesis 2:12</a></b></br> And the gold of that land <i>is</i> good: there <i>is</i> bdellium and the onyx stone.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/9-16.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/luke/12-56.htm">Aspect</a> <a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Bdellium</a> <a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Bdolach</a> <a href="/numbers/5-31.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-55.htm">Color</a> <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Coriander</a> <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Coriander-Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-19.htm">Drops</a> <a href="/exodus/30-34.htm">Resin</a> <a href="/numbers/5-28.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-22.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/9-14.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/12-6.htm">Appearance</a> <a href="/job/4-16.htm">Aspect</a> <a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Bdellium</a> <a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Bdolach</a> <a href="/numbers/14-18.htm">Clear</a> <a href="/proverbs/23-31.htm">Color</a> <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Coriander</a> <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Coriander-Seed</a> <a href="/numbers/35-23.htm">Drops</a> <a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Resin</a> <a href="/numbers/14-24.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/numbers/13-18.htm">Small</a> <a href="/numbers/13-32.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-1.htm">The burning at Taberah quenched by Moses' prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-4.htm">The people crave meat, and loathe manna</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-10.htm">Moses complains of his charge</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-16.htm">God promises to divide his burden unto seventy elders, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-18.htm">and to give the people meat for a month</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-21.htm">Moses' faith is staggered</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/11-31.htm">Quails are given in wrath at Kibroth Hattaavah</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Coriander seed is small, round, and typically yellowish-brown, suggesting that manna was similarly small and round. This description emphasizes the everyday nature of God's provision, using a familiar plant to convey the appearance of something divine. The comparison to coriander seed also highlights the simplicity and humility of God's provision, contrasting with the Israelites' complaints about their diet. This can be seen as a reminder of God's faithfulness and the sufficiency of His provision, even when it does not meet human expectations. The manna is a type of Christ, who is the true bread from heaven (<a href="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a>), providing spiritual sustenance.<p><b>and its appearance was like that of gum resin</b><br>The appearance of manna is likened to gum resin, which is typically translucent and can vary in color. This description suggests that manna had a glistening or shiny quality, perhaps indicating its purity and divine origin. Gum resin, such as myrrh or frankincense, was often used in ancient times for incense and anointing oils, symbolizing holiness and consecration. This connection may imply that manna, as a divine gift, was set apart and sacred. The comparison to gum resin also underscores the miraculous nature of manna, as it was unlike any natural food known to the Israelites. This miraculous provision points to God's ability to sustain His people in unexpected ways and foreshadows the miraculous provision of Jesus Christ, who sustains believers spiritually.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who is responsible for guiding them through the wilderness and interceding on their behalf with God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are journeying from Egypt to the Promised Land, experiencing God's provision and testing in the wilderness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/m/manna.htm">Manna</a></b><br>The miraculous food provided by God to sustain the Israelites during their journey in the wilderness. It is described in this verse in terms of its appearance and texture.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/w/wilderness_of_sinai.htm">Wilderness of Sinai</a></b><br>The desert region where the Israelites are traveling and where they receive the manna from God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/coriander_seed.htm">Coriander Seed</a></b><br>A spice that is used to describe the appearance of manna, indicating its small, round shape.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision.htm">God's Provision</a></b><br>Manna is a symbol of God's daily provision and care for His people. Just as He provided for the Israelites, He provides for our needs today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/contentment_and_gratitude.htm">Contentment and Gratitude</a></b><br>The Israelites' experience with manna teaches us the importance of being content and grateful for God's provision, rather than longing for what we do not have.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Manna serves as a foreshadowing of Christ, the true bread from heaven. We are reminded to seek spiritual nourishment through a relationship with Jesus.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_timing.htm">Faith in God's Timing</a></b><br>The daily provision of manna required the Israelites to trust God for their needs each day. We are called to have faith in God's timing and provision in our lives.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/numbers/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(7) <span class= "bld">And the manna was . . . --</span>The design of the description of the manna in this place (comp. <a href="/exodus/16-14.htm" title="And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.">Exodus 16:14</a>; <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm" title="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.">Exodus 16:31</a>, and Notes <span class= "ital">in loc.; </span>also Article M<span class= "ital">anna, </span>in "Smith's Dictionary of the Bible") was probably to exhibit in its just light the sinfulness of the Israelites in repining at the merciful provision which God had made for the supply of their wants. The dissatisfaction of the Israelites with the sweet bread of heaven, and their craving after the more savoury and more stimulating food of Egypt may be regarded as typical of man's natural repugnance to the spiritual food which is provided in the Gospel, and his restless cravings after the pleasures of the world.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 7.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The manna was as coriander seed.</span> On the name and the nature of the manna see <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31</a>. It is commonly supposed that the brief description here inserted was intended to show the unreasonableness of the popular complaints. There is no trace whatever of any such purpose. So far as the description conveys fresh information, it was simply suggested by the occurrence of the word "manna," according to the artless style of the narrative. If any moral purpose must be assigned to this digression, it would rather be to suggest that the people had some real temptation to complain. It is often forgotten that, although the manna was supernatural, at least as to the amount and regularity of its supply, yet as an article of food it contained no supernatural elements. If we had to live upon nothing but cakes flavored with honey or with olive oil, it is certain that we should soon find them pall upon our appetite. To the eye of the Psalmist the manna appeared as angels' food (<a href="/psalms/78-25.htm">Psalm 78:25</a>); but then the Psalmist had not lived on manna every day for a year. We have to remember, in this as in many other cases, that the Israelites would not be "our ensamples" (<span class="greek">τύποι ἡμῶν</span>, <a href="/1_corinthians/10-6.htm">1 Corinthians 10:6</a>) if they had not succumbed to real temptations. As the colour of bdellium. See on Genesis 2:12. As no one knows anything at all about bdellium, this adds nothing to our knowledge of the manna. The Septuagint has here <span class="greek">εῖδος κρυστάλλου</span>, "the appearance of ice," or perhaps "of hoar-frost." As it translates bdellium in <a href="/genesis/2-12.htm">Genesis 2:12</a> by <span class="greek">ἄνθραξ</span> (carbuncle), it is probable that the comparison to ice here is due to some tradition about the manna. Taking this passage in connection with <a href="/exodus/16-31.htm">Exodus 16:31</a>, we may reasonably conjecture that it was of an opalescent white, the same colour probably which is mentioned in connection with manna in <a href="/revelation/2-17.htm">Revelation 2:17</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/11-7.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Now the manna</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהַמָּ֕ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ham·mān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4478.htm">Strong's 4478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Manna (a kind of bread)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">resembled coriander</span><br /><span class="heb">גַּ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(gaḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1407.htm">Strong's 1407: </a> </span><span class="str2">Coriander seed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">seed,</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּזְרַע־</span> <span class="translit">(kiz·ra‘-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and its appearance</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעֵינ֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ê·nōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was like that</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּעֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(kə·‘ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of gum resin.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַבְּדֹֽלַח׃</span> <span class="translit">(hab·bə·ḏō·laḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_916.htm">Strong's 916: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something in pieces, bdellium, a, gum, a, pearl</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/11-7.htm">Numbers 11:7 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/11-7.htm">OT Law: Numbers 11:7 The manna was like coriander seed (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/11-6.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 11:6"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:6" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/11-8.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 11:8"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 11:8" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>