The Meaning of Exodus 16:33 Explained

Exodus 16:33

KJV: And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.

YLT: And Moses saith unto Aaron, 'Take one pot, and put there the fulness of the omer of manna, and let it rest before Jehovah, for a charge for your generations;'

Darby: And Moses said to Aaron, Take a pot, and put in it an omer full of manna, and deposit it before Jehovah, to be kept for your generations.

ASV: And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a pot, and put an omerful of manna therein, and lay it up before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And Moses  said  unto Aaron,  Take  a  pot,  and put  an omer  full  of manna  therein, and lay it up  before  the LORD,  to be kept  for your generations. 

What does Exodus 16:33 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 16:27-36 - Daily Food And Its Memorial
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Chapter Summary: Exodus 16

1  The Israelites come to Sin, and murmur for want of bread
4  God promises them bread and meat from heaven, and they are rebuked
13  Quail and manna are sent
16  The ordering of manna
25  It was not to be found on the Sabbath
32  An omer of it is preserved

What do the individual words in Exodus 16:33 mean?

And said Moses to Aaron take pot one and put in it full an omer of manna and lay up it before Yahweh to be kept for your generations
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֜ה אֶֽל־ אַהֲרֹ֗ן קַ֚ח צִנְצֶ֣נֶת אַחַ֔ת וְתֶן־ שָׁ֥מָּה מְלֹֽא־ הָעֹ֖מֶר מָ֑ן וְהַנַּ֤ח אֹתוֹ֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
מֹשֶׁ֜ה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
אַהֲרֹ֗ן  Aaron 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
קַ֚ח  take 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יָקַח 
Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
צִנְצֶ֣נֶת  pot 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: צִנְצֶנֶת  
Sense: jar, pot, receptacle.
אַחַ֔ת  one 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
וְתֶן־  and  put 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
שָׁ֥מָּה  in  it 
Parse: Adverb, third person feminine singular
Root: שָׁם  
Sense: there, thither.
מְלֹֽא־  full 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מְלֹא  
Sense: fullness, that which fills.
הָעֹ֖מֶר  an  omer 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹמֶר 
Sense: omer.
מָ֑ן  of  manna 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: מָן 
Sense: manna.
וְהַנַּ֤ח  and  lay  up 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine singular
Root: מֻנָּח  
Sense: to rest.
לִפְנֵ֣י  before 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, common plural construct
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
יְהוָ֔ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
לְמִשְׁמֶ֖רֶת  to  be  kept 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, feminine singular
Root: מִשְׁמֶרֶת  
Sense: guard, charge, function, obligation, service, watch.
לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶֽם  for  your  generations 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine plural
Root: דֹּור 
Sense: period, generation, habitation, dwelling.

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