mannah

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Pronunciations

mannah (MA-nuh) listen
mannah (MAH-nuh) listen

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Definitions

  • n. The food that fell from the sky to feed the wandering Israelites in the Bible.

Example Sentences

  • "It was like manna falling from heaven!" (describing the first sight of an all-you-can-eat buffet)

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Languages of Origin

  • Textual Hebrew

Etymology

  • Heb מן man

      • Who Uses This

      • Jews: Jews of diverse religious backgrounds and organizational involvements
      • Non-Jews: (words that have spread outside of Jewish networks)

      Regions

      • North America
      • Great Britain
      • South Africa

      Dictionaries

      • The JPS Dictionary of Jewish Words, by Joyce Eisenberg and Ellen Scolnic, (Philadelphia, 2001).

      Alternative Spellings

      manna

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