but now we have lost our appetite. There is nothing at all except this manna to look at.”
“appetite.” The Hebrew word is nephesh (#05315 נֶפֶשׁ), often translated “soul.” Here it is being used for a working of the soul inside mankind, our “appetite.”
[For more on nephesh, see Appendix 7, “Usages of ‘Soul.’”]
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