דְּבַשׁ54 noun masculine[1Sam 14:29] honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWBi. 430; Arabic () date-honey; Late Hebrew דְּבַשׁ, Aramaic דּובשא, , , honey both of fruits and of bees; compare also Assyrian dišpu COTGloss ZimBP 84 DlPr 70) — absolute ׳ד [Gen 43:11] + 33 t.; דְּבָ֑שׁ [Exod 3:8] + 18 t.; suffix דִּבְשִׁי [Song 5:1] — honey, product of bees, used as food [Judg 14:8]; [Judg 14:9]; [Judg 14:18] (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock [Deut 32:13] (מִסֶּלַע ׳ד, in song, J E), [Ps 81:17] (׳מִצּוּר ד); in woods, on ground [1Sam 14:25] (עלפֿני השׂדה) v[1Sam 14:26] (׳הֵלֶךְ ד; but read rather הָלַךְ דְּבֹרוֺ its bees had departed, We Dr after ᵐ5) v[1Sam 14:29] v[1Sam 14:43] transported in jar or bottle ׳בַּקְבֻּק ד [1Kgs 14:3] contribution to priests and Levites [2Chr 31:5] || חֶמְאָה [2Sam 17:29]; [Isa 7:15]; [Isa 7:22] (in last two the being limited to such food is apparently token of destitution); kept in store [Jer 41:8] a choice gift [Gen 43:11] (J); article of trade [Ezek 27:17] (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, modern dibs, compare Di [Gen 43:11] see RobBR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering [Lev 2:11] (|| שְׂאֹר); honey comb = ׳יַעְרַת הַדּ [1Sam 14:27] (compare יַעְרִי [Song 5:1]); also ׳צוּף ד [Prov 16:24] (compare נֹפֶת צופים [Ps 19:11]); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan ׳אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּד [Exod 3:8]; [Exod 3:17]; [Exod 13:5]; [Exod 33:3] (all J E) [Lev 20:24] (H) [Num 13:27]; [Num 14:8]; [Num 16:18]; [Num 16:14] (all J E) [Deut 6:3]; [Deut 11:9]; [Deut 26:9]; [Deut 26:15]; [Deut 27:3]; [Deut 31:20] (all D) [Josh 5:6] (D) [Jer 11:5]; [Jer 32:22]; [Ezek 20:6]; [Ezek 20:15] compare [Deut 8:8]; [2Kgs 18:32] (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also [Ezek 16:13]; [Ezek 16:19]; [Job 20:17] וְחֶמְאָה ׳נַחֲלֵי ד; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings [Prov 24:13] (|| נֹפֶת), [Prov 25:16]; [Prov 25:27] (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste [Ezek 3:3] (the roll), compare כְּצַפִּיחִת ׳בִּד [Exod 16:31] (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law [Ps 19:11] (|| נֹפֶת צוּפִים) compare [Ps 119:103] (of pleasant words [Prov 16:24] compare above); sweetness of lips וְחָלָב ׳ד [Song 4:11] figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי [Song 5:1] (|| יַעְרִי, יֵינִי, חֲלָבִי).
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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