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Manna

The food supplied to the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness of Arabia; hence, divinely supplied food.

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Food 76% connected

What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; alim…

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Nutrient 76% connected

Nutritious; nourishing; promoting growth.

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Sap 76% connected

The juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

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Aliment noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Alimentation noun · 86% connection

a source of materials to nourish the body

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Beverage noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Biodiversity noun · 86% connection

the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in the world as a whole); "a high level of biodiversity is desirabl…

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Chyme noun · 86% connection

a semiliquid mass of partially digested food that passes from the stomach through the pyloric sphincter into the duodenum

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Comestible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Commissariat noun · 86% connection

a stock or supply of foods

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Drink noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Drinkable noun · 86% connection

any liquid suitable for drinking; "may I take your beverage order?"

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Eatable noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Ecological niche noun · 86% connection

(ecology) the status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species)

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ecosystem noun · 86% connection

a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

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Edible noun · 86% connection

any substance that can be used as food

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Fare noun · 86% connection

the food and drink that are regularly served or consumed

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Feed noun · 86% connection

food for domestic livestock

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Food cycle noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Food web noun · 86% connection

(ecology) a community of organisms where there are several interrelated food chains

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Habitat noun · 86% connection

the type of environment in which an organism or group normally lives or occurs; "a marine habitat"; "he felt safe on his home grounds"

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Ambrosial adjective · 78% connection

Divinely excellent or beautiful.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: food, supplied, israelites, journey, wilderness.
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Bait verb · 78% connection

A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.

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Calling noun · 78% connection

A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.

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Canaanite noun · 78% connection

A Native or inhabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the…

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Commandment noun · 78% connection

One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

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Desert noun · 78% connection

A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary plac…

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Desolate adjective · 78% connection

Destitute or deprived of inhabitants; deserted; uninhabited; hence, gloomy; as, a desolate isle; a desolate wilderness; a desolate hou…

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Enthean adjective · 78% connection

Divinely inspired; wrought up to enthusiasm.

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Entheat adjective · 78% connection

Divinely inspired.

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Enthusiast noun · 78% connection

One moved or actuated by enthusiasm; as: (a) One who imagines himself divinely inspired, or possessed of some special revelation; a re…

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Epistrophe noun · 78% connection

A figure in which successive clauses end with the same word or affirmation; e. g., "Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so…

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Exode noun · 78% connection

Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

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