| 21. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the wayyiqtol form vayilketu {וַיִּלְקְטוּ | way-yil-qə-ṭû} marking sequential action. The repeated temporal adverb babboker babboker {בַּבֹּקֶר בַּבֹּקֶר | bab-bō-qer bab-bō-qer} conveys habitual recurrence. The distributive noun ish {אִישׁ | ʾîš} highlights each individual. The measure expression kefi okhlo {כְּפִי אָכְלוֹ | kə-pî ʾoḵ-lô} ties the gathering to personal need. The circumstantial clause vekham hashemesh {וְחַם הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ | wə-ḥam haš-še-meš} sets the environmental condition, and venamas {וְנָמָס | wə-nā-mās} describes the manna’s natural dissolution under heat, maintaining temporal flow and cause-and-effect. |