Exodus 16:21
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
They gatheredוַיִּלְקְט֤וּ
(vai·yil·ke·tu)
3950: to pick or gather up, gleana prim. root
it morningבַּבֹּ֣קֶר
(bab·bo·ker)
1242: morn- ingfrom baqar
by morning,בַּבֹּ֔קֶר
(bab·bo·ker,)
1242: morn- ingfrom baqar
every manאִ֖ישׁ
(ish)
376: manfrom an unused word
as muchכְּפִ֣י
(ke·fi)
6310: moutha prim. root
as he should eat; 
 
398: to eata prim. root
but when the sunהַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ
(ha·she·mesh)
8121: sunfrom an unused word
grew hot,וְחַ֥ם
(ve·cham)
2552: to be or become warma prim. root
it would melt.וְנָמָֽס׃
(ve·na·mas.)
4549: to dissolve, melta prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And they gathered
laqat  (law-kat')
to pick up, i.e. (generally) to gather; specifically, to glean -- gather (up), glean.
it every morning
boqer  (bo'-ker)
dawn (as the break of day); generally, morning -- (+) day, early, morning, morrow.
every man
'iysh  (eesh)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
according
peh  (peh)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
to his eating
'okel  (o'-kel)
food -- eating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.
and when the sun
shemesh  (sheh'-mesh)
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (arch.) a notched battlement -- + east side(-ward), sun (rising), + west(-ward), window.
waxed hot
chamam  (khaw-mam')
to be hot -- enflame self, get (have) heat, be (wax) hot, (be, wax) warm (self, at).
it melted
macac  (maw-sas')
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief) -- discourage, faint, be loosed, melt (away), refuse, utterly.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
They gathered it morning by morning, every man as much as he should eat; but when the sun grew hot, it would melt.

King James Bible
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They gathered it every morning. Each gathered as much as he needed to eat, but when the sun grew hot, it melted.

International Standard Version
Every morning they gathered it, according to what each needed to eat; and when the sun became hot, it melted.

NET Bible
So they gathered it each morning, each person according to what he could eat, and when the sun got hot, it would melt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Each morning they gathered as much food as they could eat. When the sun was hot, it melted away.

King James 2000 Bible
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun grew hot, it melted.
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