manna

Meaning

Noun

• Food miraculously produced for the Israelites in the desert in the book of Exodus.
• Any boon which comes into one's hands by good luck.
• The sugary sap of the manna gum tree which oozes out from holes drilled by insects and falls to the ground around the tree.

Origin

• From Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin manna, from Ancient Greek μάννα, from Hebrew מן ("'manna").