CHAP. 44. De Manna, of Manna.
MAnna is a condensed dew, falling from the aire somewhat like carv'd Honey, but in small grains like Mastaick. Some will have it to be a kinde of Gum-issuing from trees, but the former is more probable.
The Names.
It is called in Hebrew 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Man, quasi praeparatus cibus; from the Hebrew root 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Manah, paravit, constituit, for it was food prepa∣red by God for the Israelites, or Manna may come from 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Mah, quid, & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Na, quaeso, What is it? quia nesciebant quid esset. For when that dew fell about their tents, every one asked each other what it was. In Caldee 'tis called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Manna: in Syriac 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, in Arabic 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Man, & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Alman, in Persian 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 Tar∣nagabin, in Greek 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, & 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉 aërium mel. The Septua∣gint translate it according to the Hebrew 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, Man, Exodus 16.31, 33. but in the New Testament 'tis called 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, John 6.31. Heb. 9.4.