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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, 

, 

, 
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 

) 
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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