2006-12-26 10:22:52 · 7 answers · asked by miss_kiki4 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
food given by God to the israelites in the desert when they run out of it. used to signify the hope that God gives to men in times of need.
2006-12-26 10:39:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The main food of the Israelites during their 40-year trek in the wilderness.
Manna was “white like coriander seed” and had the “look” of bdellium gum, a waxlike and transparent substance having a form that resembles a pearl. Its taste was comparable to “that of flat cakes with honey” or “an oiled sweet cake.” After being ground in a hand mill or pounded in a mortar, manna was boiled or made into cakes and baked. Ex 16:23, 31; Nu 11:7, 8.
No natural substance known today fits the Biblical description of manna in every respect, and so there is little basis for identifying it with a known product.
2006-12-26 10:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by Uncle Thesis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Manna is the name of the food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus. Manna ceased to appear when the Israelites first harvested their crops in their new homeland. "Man hu", or "manna" in the Hebrew language is translated as "what is it".According to the Bible, the mysterious substance which was provided miraculously by God to the Hebrews during their forty years in the desert descended by night like hoarfrost in the form of coriander seed of the color of bdellium (Book of Numbers 11:7). It was collected before sunrise, before it melted in the sun. The people ground it, or pounded it, and then baked it (Num. 11:8). A double portion was to be found on the day before the sabbath, when none was to be found. When the Hebrews arrived at Gilgal, on the 14th of Nisan, and began to eat the grain grown there, the manna ceased.
2006-12-26 10:44:33 · answer #3 · answered by K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most widespread explanations, however, are either crystallized honeydew of scale insects feeding on tamarisk twigs, or thalli of the Manna Lichen (Lecanora esculenta).[3] At the turn of the 20th century local Arabs in Palestine collected the resin of the tamarisk as mann es-sama ("heavenly manna"), and sold it to pilgrims (JE "Manna").
2006-12-26 10:46:31 · answer #4 · answered by Fatima 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Angel food; tastes like coriander seed.
2006-12-26 10:38:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cheese, glorious cheese! Although some people think it was the first yeast, and was used to make the first beer...no kiddding!
2006-12-26 10:48:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means "What is it?"
2006-12-26 10:41:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋