Hebrew manna—moisture oozing out of an Arabian variety of tamarisk, Tamarix gallica:
- The manna of this country has nothing to do with Moor’s Alhagi or Hebrew manna.
manna from heaven—(originally of food that God gave the Israelites during the Exodus) anything very advantageous and unexpected:
- To us then the cakes were manna from heaven and the dances were the greatest of fun.