Deuteronomy 8:3
He humbled you, and in your hunger He gave you manna to eat, which neither you nor your fathers had known, so that you might understand that man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of the LORD.
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ASV
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by everything that proceedeth out of the mouth of Jehovah doth man live.
KJV
And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
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28 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַֽיְעַנְּךָ֮ | vay.'a.ne.Kha | and he humbled you | H6031 → |
| וַיַּרְעִבֶךָ֒ | vai.yar.'i.ve.Kha | and he caused to hunger you | H7456 → |
| וַיַּֽאֲכִֽלְךָ֤ | vai.ya.'a.khil.Kha | and he caused to eat you | H398 → |
| אֶת | 'et- | <obj.> | H853 → |
| הַמָּן֙ | ha.Man | the manna | H4478 → |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | 'a.Sher | which | H834 → |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → |
| יָדַ֔עְתָּ | ya.Da'.ta | you had known | H3045 → |
| וְלֹ֥א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| יָדְע֖וּן | ya.de.'Un | they had known ! | H3045 → |
| אֲבֹתֶ֑יךָ | 'a.vo.Tei.kha | ancestors your | H1 → |
| לְמַ֣עַן | le.Ma.'an | so as | H4616 → |
| הוֹדִֽעֲךָ֗ | ho.di.'a.Kha | to make know you | H3045 → |
| כִּ֠י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| הַלֶּ֤חֶם | ha.Le.chem | the bread | H3899 → |
| לְבַדּוֹ֙ | le.va.Do | by only it | H905 → |
| יִחְיֶ֣ה | yich.Yeh | he lives | H2421 → |
| הָֽאָדָ֔ם | ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → |
| עַל־ | 'al- | on | H5921 → |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → |
| מוֹצָ֥א | mo.Tza' | <the> utterance of | H4161 → |
| פִֽי־ | fi- | [the] mouth of | H6310 → |
| יְהוָ֖ה | Yah.weh | Yahweh | H3068 → |
| יִחְיֶ֥ה | yich.Yeh | he lives | H2421 → |
| הָאָדָֽם׃ | ha.'a.Dam | <the> humankind | H120 → |
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