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Sunday Word: Manna

Man·na (măn'ə):
origin: Hebrew: מָ‏ן‎, Arabic: al-Mann wa al-Salwa (Qurʾān); New Testament [Exodus 16:1-36 + Numbers 11:1-9]

noun
1. Miraculous food.
→ expression: "Manna from Heaven"
2. A windfall; an unexpected gift; aid to success (sudden & without cost).
3. Sap; a sweet excretion of various trees and/or the tamarisk manna scale.



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