el mana de vida

Question

I understand that "el mana de vida" means "wellspring," but can someone please explain why it means that? El mana, by itself, doesn't translate.

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Answer 1

Maná is an actual word which comes from Latin:

maná.

(Del lat. manna, este del gr. μάννα, y este del hebr. man, exudación de una variedad de tamarindo).

1. m. Manjar milagroso, enviado por Dios a modo de escarcha, para alimentar al pueblo de Israel en el desierto.

2. m. Bien o don que se recibe gratuitamente y de modo inesperado.

Answer 2

It seems obvious now that "mana" translates to the biblical "manna."