Pronounced: uh-DUST, adj
Notes: The meaning is not at all what I thought it was
Yesterday’s word
The word manna is “an unexpected help, benefit, or advantage”
First usage
Our word came into English in the 400s
Background / Comments
Our word comes, as you will no doubt have guessed, from the Hebrew word man (manna). In the Bible, is was the food that God supplied to the Israelites for nearly their entire wilderness wandering. The Bible says that they called it “manna” because they didn’t know what it was. There are several interesting lessons regarding manna, but this isn’t the place for them. I was aware of the Biblical manna, but was unaware that it had acquired separate, modern meaning.
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