Lexical Summary debash: honey Original Word: דְּבַשׁTransliteration: debash Phonetic Spelling: (deb-ash') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: honey Meaning: honey, syrup Strong's Concordance honeycomb From an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup -- honey((-comb)). Brown-Driver-Briggs H1706. debash דְּבַשׁ54 noun masculine1 Samuel 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 Genesis 43:11 33t.; דְּבָ֑שׁ Exodus 3:8 18t.; suffix דִּבְשִׁי Song of Solomon 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 (׳ד מִסֶּלַע, in song, J E), Psalm 81:17 (ד ׳מִצּוּר); in woods, on ground 1 Samuel 14:25 (השׂדה עלפֿני) 14:26 (ד ׳הֵלֶךְ; but read rather דְּבֹרוֺ הָלַךְ its bees had departed, We Dr after ᵐ5) 14:29; 14:43; transported in jar or bottle ד ׳בַּקְבֻּק 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 RobBR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering Leviticus 2:11 ("" שְׂאֹר); honey comb = הַדּ ׳יַעְרַת 1 Samuel 14:27 (compare יַעְרִי Song of Solomon 5:1); also ד ׳צוּף Proverbs 16:24 (compare צופים נֹפֶת Psalm 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan וּד חָלָב זָבַת ׳אֶרֶץ Exodus 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3 (all J E) Leviticus 20:24 (H) Numbers 13:27; 14:8; 16:18, 14 (all J E) Deuteronomy 6:3; 11:9; 26:9, 15; 27:3; 31:20 (all D) Joshua 5:6 (D) Jeremiah 11:5; 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 ד ׳נַחֲלֵי וְחֶמְאָה; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Proverbs 24:13 ("" נֹפֶת), 25:16, 27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste Ezekiel 3:3 (the roll), compare ׳בִּד כְּצַמִּיחִת Exodus 16:31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law Psalm 19:11 ("" צוּפִים נֹפֶת) compare 119:103; (of pleasant words Proverbs 16:24 compare above); sweetness of lips ׳ד וְחָלָב Song of Solomon 4:11; figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי 5:1 ("" חֲלָבִי יֵינִי, יַעְרִי,). |
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