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דְּבַשׁ 54 noun masculine1 Samuel 14:29 honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWB
i. 430; Arabic
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date-honey; Late Hebrew
דְּבַשׁ, Aramaic
דּובשא,
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honey both of fruits and of bees; compare also Assyrian
dišpu COT
Gloss Zim
BP 84 Dl
Pr 70) — absolute
ד׳ Genesis 43:11 33 times;
דְּבָ֑שׁ Exodus 3:8 18 times; suffix
דִּבְשִׁי Songs 5:1; —
honey, product of bees, used as food
Judges 14:8,
9,
18 (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock
Deuteronomy 32:13 (
מִסֶּלַע ד׳, in song, J E), Psalm 81:17 (
מִצּוּר ד׳); in woods, on ground
1 Samuel 14:25 (
עלפֿני השׂדה)
1 Samuel 14:26 (
הֵלֶךְ ד׳; but read rather
הָלַךְ דְּבֹרוֺ its bees had departed, We Dr after
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1 Samuel 14:29;
1 Samuel 14:43; transported in jar or bottle
בַּקְבֻּק ד׳ 1 Kings 14:3; contribution to priests and Levites
2 Chronicles 31:5; ||
חֶמְאָה 2 Samuel 17:29;
Isaiah 7:15,
22 (in last two the being limited to such food is apparently token of destitution); kept in store
Jeremiah 41:8; a choice gift
Genesis 43:11 (J); article of trade
Ezekiel 27:17 (in these two perhaps =
grape syrup, modern
dibs, compare Di
Genesis 43:11 see Rob
BR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering
Leviticus 2:11 (||
שְׂאֹר);
honey comb =
יַעְרַת הַדּ׳ 1 Samuel 14:27 (compare
יַעְרִי Songs 5:1); also
צוּף ד׳ Proverbs 16:24 (compare
נֹפֶת צופים Psalm 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan
אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּד׳ Exodus 3:8,
17;
Exodus 13:5;
Exodus 33:3 (all J E)
Leviticus 20:24 (H)
Numbers 13:27;
Numbers 14:8;
Numbers 16:18,
14 (all J E)
Deuteronomy 6:3;
Deuteronomy 11:9;
Deuteronomy 26:9,
15;
Deuteronomy 27:3;
Deuteronomy 31:20 (all D)
Joshua 5:6 (D)
Jeremiah 11:5;
Jeremiah 32:22;
Ezekiel 20:6,
15; compare
Deuteronomy 8:8;
2 Kings 18:32 (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also
Ezekiel 16:13,
19;
Job 20:17 וְחֶמְאָה נַחֲלֵי ד׳;
honey, used to illustrate moral teachings
Proverbs 24:13 (||
נֹפֶת),
Proverbs 25:16,
27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste
Ezekiel 3:3 (the roll), compare
כְּצַפִּיחִת בִּד׳ Exodus 16:31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law
Psalm 19:11 (||
נֹפֶת צוּפִים) compare
Psalm 119:103; (of pleasant words
Proverbs 16:24 compare above); sweetness of lips
וְחָלָב ד׳ Songs 4:11; figurative of love
דִּבְשִׁי Songs 5:1 (||
יַעְרִי,
יֵינִי,
חֲלָבִי).
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