דְּבַשׁ

דְּבַשׁ₅₄ noun masculine^{1 Sam 14,29} honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWB^{i. 430}; Arabic () 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 1 Mos 43,11 + 33 t.; דְּבָ֑שׁ 2 Mos 3,8 + 18 t.; suffix דִּבְשִׁי Hoj 5,1 — honey, product of bees, used as food Dom 14,8; Dom 14,9; Dom 14,18 (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock 5 Mos 32,13 (מִסֶּלַע ׳ד, in song, J E), Sl 81,17 (׳מִצּוּר ד); in woods, on ground 1 Sam 14,25 (עלפֿני השׂדה) v1 Sam 14,26 (׳הֵלֶךְ ד; but read rather הָלַךְ דְּבֹרוֺ its bees had departed, We Dr after ᵐ5) v1 Sam 14,29 v1 Sam 14,43 transported in jar or bottle ׳בַּקְבֻּק ד 1 Kong 14,3 contribution to priests and Levites 2 Kron 31,5 || חֶמְאָה 2 Sam 17,29; Es 7,15; Es 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 1 Mos 43,11 (J); article of trade Ezk 27,17 (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, modern dibs, compare Di 1 Mos 43,11 see Rob^{BR ii. 81}); forbidden as burnt offering 3 Mos 2,11 (|| שְׂאֹר); honey comb = ׳יַעְרַת הַדּ 1 Sam 14,27 (compare יַעְרִי Hoj 5,1); also ׳צוּף ד Ord 16,24 (compare נֹפֶת צופים Sl 19,11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan ׳אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּד 2 Mos 3,8; 2 Mos 3,17; 2 Mos 13,5; 2 Mos 33,3 (all J E) 3 Mos 20,24 (H) 4 Mos 13,27; 4 Mos 14,8; 4 Mos 16,18; 4 Mos 16,14 (all J E) 5 Mos 6,3; 5 Mos 11,9; 5 Mos 26,9; 5 Mos 26,15; 5 Mos 27,3; 5 Mos 31,20 (all D) Jos 5,6 (D) Jer 11,5; Jer 32,22; Ezk 20,6; Ezk 20,15 compare 5 Mos 8,8; 2 Kong 18,32 (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also Ezk 16,13; Ezk 16,19; Job 20,17 וְחֶמְאָה ׳נַחֲלֵי ד; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Ord 24,13 (|| נֹפֶת), Ord 25,16; Ord 25,27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste Ezk 3,3 (the roll), compare כְּצַפִּיחִת ׳בִּד 2 Mos 16,31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law Sl 19,11 (|| נֹפֶת צוּפִים) compare Sl 119,103 (of pleasant words Ord 16,24 compare above); sweetness of lips וְחָלָב ׳ד Hoj 4,11 figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי Hoj 5,1 (|| יַעְרִי, יֵינִי, חֲלָבִי).