*mann-: 'manna; divine food, heavenly sustenance'

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Field	Value
Reconstruction	*mann-
Meaning	'manna; divine food, heavenly sustenance'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	mān (Exod 16:15, 16:31, 16:33; HALOT 596)	HALOT 596	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	mannā (HALOT 596; Jastrow 796)	HALOT 596; Jastrow 796	gloss withheld
Arabic	mann (HALOT 596)	HALOT 596	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	mannā 'manna' (Payne Smith 282)	Payne Smith 282

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Notes

Exod 16:15 gives a folk-etymology, mān hûʔ 'what is it?', from the interrogative mān (HALOT 596, II מן, which lists Akkadian mannu 'who? what?'); the Akkadian is that interrogative, not a cognate of the substance. Arabic mann names the tamarisk exudation (Tamarix mannifera), a natural substance of Sinai.

Updated 22 October 2026

*mann-: 'manna; divine food, heavenly sustenance'

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