מָן
mân · mawn
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H4100 (מָה);
literally a whatness (so to speak), i.e. manna (so called from the question about it)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: manna.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
14 occurrences · 14 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- manna4 · 29%
- and the manna2 · 14%
- it is manna1 · 7%
- thereof manna1 · 7%
- of manna1 · 7%
- this manna1 · 7%
- the manna1 · 7%
- thee with manna1 · 7%
- with manna1 · 7%
- not thy manna1 · 7%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.