manna: [OE] Manna was introduced into Old English by Latin, which got it from Aramaic mannā. This was a derivative of Hebrew mān, one of a family of Semitic words denoting an edible substance exuded by a sort of tamarisk tree that grows in the Sinai desert.
manna (n.)
Old English borrowing from Late Latin manna, from Greek manna, from Hebrew man, probably literally "substance exuded by the tamarisk tree," but used in Greek and Latin specifically with reference to the substance miraculously supplied to the Children of Israel during their wandering in the Wilderness (Ex. xvi:15). Meaning "spiritual nourishment" is attested from late 14c. Generalized sense of "something provided unexpectedly" is from 1590s.
例文
1. Ex-forces personnel could be the manna from heaven employers are seeking.
兵隊になった人は雇用主たちが探していた宝物だろう。
2.The revealed documents were manna for journalists.
これらの公開された文書は記者たちを至宝のようにした。
3.I neededed that money so desperately,it was like manna from heaven when it arrived!
私はそのお金を必要としているので、受け取った時はまるで天からの賜物のようだ!
4.The binging US consumer was Asia 's manna from heaven.
アメリカの消費者の大足は、アジアにとっては天降甘露のようなものだ。
5.Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness,and they died.