Brown-Driver-Briggs
דְּבַשׁ54 noun masculine1Samuel 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 33t.;
דְּבָ֑שׁ Exodus 3:8 18t.; 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
ᵐ5)
1 Samuel 14:29;
1 Samuel 14:43; transported in jar or bottle
׳בַּקְבֻּק ד 1 Kings 14:3; contribution to priests and Levites 2Chronicles 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
כְּצַמִּיחִת ׳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).
Forms and Transliterations
בִּדְבָֽשׁ׃ בדבש׃ דְּ֭בַשׁ דְּבַ֔שׁ דְּבַ֖שׁ דְּבַ֣שׁ דְּבַ֤שׁ דְּבַ֥שׁ דְּבָ֑שׁ דְבַ֖שׁ דְבַ֣שׁ דְבַשׁ֙ דִּבְשִׁ֔י דבש דבשי הַדְּבָ֑שׁ הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃ הדבש הדבש׃ וּדְבַ֔שׁ וּדְבַ֖שׁ וּדְבַ֛שׁ וּדְבַ֣שׁ וּדְבַ֤שׁ וּדְבַשׁ֙ וּדְבָ֑שׁ וּדְבָֽשׁ׃ ודבש ודבש׃ כִּדְבַ֥שׁ כדבש מִ֝דְּבַ֗שׁ מִדְּבַ֔שׁ מִדְּבַ֥שׁ מדבש biḏ·ḇāš biḏḇāš bidVash də·ḇaš də·ḇāš ḏə·ḇaš dəḇaš dəḇāš ḏəḇaš deVash diḇ·šî diḇšî divShi had·də·ḇāš haddəḇāš haddeVash kiḏ·ḇaš kiḏḇaš kidVash mid·də·ḇaš middəḇaš middeVash ū·ḏə·ḇaš ū·ḏə·ḇāš ūḏəḇaš ūḏəḇāš udeVash
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