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manna
[ man-uh ]
noun
- (in the Bible) the food miraculously supplied to the ancient Israelites in the wilderness.
- any sudden or unexpected help, advantage, or aid to success.
- divine or spiritual food.
- the exudation of the ash Fraxinus ornus and related plants: source of mannitol.
manna
/ ˈ³¾Ã¦²ÔÉ™ /
noun
- Old Testament the miraculous food which sustained the Israelites in the wilderness (Exodus 16:14–36)
- any spiritual or divine nourishment
- a windfall; an unexpected gift (esp in the phrase manna from heaven )
- a sweet substance obtained from various plants, esp from an ash tree, Fraxinus ornus ( manna or flowering ash ) of S Europe, used as a mild laxative
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of manna1
First recorded before 900; Middle English, Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek ³¾Ã¡²Ô²Ô²¹, from Hebrew ³¾Äå²Ô, possibly meaning “gift, favorâ€
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of manna1
Old English via Late Latin from Greek, from Hebrew ³¾Äå²Ô
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The 1980s reforms were like manna from heaven for him.
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A few weeks later, a reservation at Camélia in the Arts District presented itself like manna from heaven.
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When I got home, I flung myself onto the couch, basking in the AC’s icy coolness as if it were manna from heaven.
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Turns out, an intermittent schedule of reinforcement — occasional pellets of counterfeit love dispensed like unpredictable manna — proves most effective to keep us pressing.
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"As soon as you are able to obfuscate the true nature of a URL, that is manna for scammers," he says.
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