Exodus 16:14
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And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.

the dew

Numbers 11:7-9 Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium. . . .

Deuteronomy 8:3 He afflicted thee with want, and gave thee manna for thy food, which neither thou nor thy fathers knew: to shew that not in bread alone doth man live, but in every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God.

Nehemiah 9:15 And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.

Psalm 78:24 And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.

Psalm 105:40 They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

the hoar frost

Psalm 147:16 Who giveth snow like wool: scattereth mists like ashes.

Context
Manna and Quail from Heaven
13So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp. 14And when it had covered the face of the earth, it appeared in the wilderness small, and as it were beaten with a pestle, like unto the hoar frost on the ground.15And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another: Manhu! which signifieth: What is this! for they knew not what it was. And Moses said to them: This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat.…
Cross References
Exodus 16:31
And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white, and the taste thereof like to flour with honey.

Numbers 11:7
Now the manna was like coriander seed, of the colour of bdellium.

Numbers 11:9
And when the dew fell in the night upon the camp, the manna also fell with it.

Nehemiah 9:15
And thou gavest them bread from heaven in their hunger, and broughtest forth water for them out of the rock in their thirst, and thou saidst to them that they should go in, and possess the land, upon which thou hadst lifted up thy hand to give it them.

Psalm 78:24
And had rained down manna upon them to eat, and had given them the bread of heaven.

Psalm 105:40
They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.

Lexicon
When the layer
שִׁכְבַ֣ת (šiḵ·ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7902: (act of) lying, a layer

of dew
הַטָּ֑ל (haṭ·ṭāl)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2919: Night mist, dew

had evaporated,
וַתַּ֖עַל (wat·ta·‘al)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

there
וְהִנֵּ֞ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2009: Lo! behold!

were thin
דַּ֣ק (daq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1851: Crushed, small, thin

flakes
מְחֻסְפָּ֔ס (mə·ḥus·pās)
Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2636: A shred, scale

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the desert
הַמִּדְבָּר֙ (ham·miḏ·bār)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech

floor,
פְּנֵ֤י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

as fine
דַּ֥ק (daq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1851: Crushed, small, thin

as frost
כַּכְּפֹ֖ר (kak·kə·p̄ōr)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3713: A cover, a tankard, white frost

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the ground.
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land


Additional Translations
When the layer of dew had evaporated, there were thin flakes on the desert floor, as fine as frost on the ground.And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar-frost on the ground.

in the morning it came to pass as the dew ceased round about the camp, that, behold, on the face of the wilderness was a small thing like white coriander seed, as frost upon the earth.

And when the dew that lay [round it] was gone up, behold, on the face of the wilderness there was [something] fine, granular, fine as hoar-frost, on the ground.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness a small round thing, small as the hoar frost on the ground.

And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground:

When the dew that lay had gone, behold, on the surface of the wilderness was a small round thing, small as the frost on the ground.

and the lying of the dew goeth up, and lo, on the face of the wilderness a thin, bare thing, thin as hoar-frost on the earth.
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