Honey Sweet Food

† דְּבַשׁ54 n.m. 1 S 14:29 honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWBi. 439; Arabic دِبْسٌ (دُبْسٌ, دِبِسٌ) date-honey; NH דְּבַשׁ, Aramaic דּובשא, ܕܒܰܫ, ܕܶܒܫܳܐ, honey both of fruits and of bees; cf. also Assyrian dišpu COTGloss. ZimBP 84 DlPr 70)—abs. ד׳ Gn 43:11 + 33 times; דְּבָ֑שׁ Ex 3:8 + 18 times; sf. דִּבְשִׁי Ct 5:1;—honey, product of bees, used as food Ju 14:8, 9, 18 (in lion’s carcass); found in (clefts of) rock Dt 32:13 (ד׳ מִסֶּלַע, in song, JE), ψ 81:17 (מִצּוּר ד׳); in forest, on ground 1 S 14:25 (על־פני השׂדה) v 26 (הֵלֶךְ ד׳; but read rather הָלַךְ דְּבֹרוֹ its bees had departed, We Dr after 𝔊) v 29, 43; transported in jar or bottle בַּקְבֻּק ד׳ 1 K 14:3; contrib. to priests and Levites 2 Ch 31:5; ‖ חֶמְאָה 2 S 17:29 Is 7:15, 22 (in last two the being limited to such food is apparently token of destitution); kept in store Je 41:8; a choice gift Gn 43:11 (J); article of trade Ez 27:17 (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, mod. dibs, cf. Di Gn 43:11 v. RobBR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering Lv 2:11 (‖ שְׂאֹר); honey comb = יַעְרַת הַדּ׳ 1 S 14:27 (cf. יַעְרִי Ct 5:1); also צוּף ד׳ Pr 16:24 (cf. נֹפֶת צופים ψ 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּד׳ Ex 3:8, 17; 13:5; 33:3 (all JE) Lv 20:24 (H) Nu 13:27; 14:8; 16:14 (all JE) Dt 6:3; 11:9; 26:9, 15; 27:3; 31:20 (all D) Jos 5:6 (D) Je 11:5; 32:22 Ez 20:6, 15; cf. Dt 8:8 2 K 18:32 (of land of captivity), of Egypt Nu 16:13 (JE); v. also Ez 16:13, 19 Jb 20:17 נַחֲלֵי ד׳ וְחֶמְאָה; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Pr 24:13 (‖ נֹפֶת), 25:16, 27 (danger of surfeit); sim. of sweetness of taste Ez 3:3 (the roll), cf. כְּצַפִּיחִת בִּד׳ Ex 16:31 (P; description of manna); of sweetness of the law ψ 19:11 (‖ נֹפֶת צוּפִים) cf. 119:103; (of pleasant words Pr 16:24 cf. supr.); sweetness of lips ד׳ וְחָלָב Ct 4:11; fig. of love דִּבְשִׁי Ct 5:1 (‖ יַעְרִי, יֵינִי, חֲלָבִי).

† נֹ֫פֶת n.m. Pr 24:13 flowing honey, honey from the comb (Ph. נפת CIS i. 166, 8 b);—נ׳ abs. Pr 5:3 + 3 times, cstr. ψ 19:11;—sweet Pr 24:13 (‖ דְּבַשׁ), cf. 27:7; fig. of sweet words Pr 5:3, and perhaps Ct 4:11 (Bu of kisses; ‖ דְּבַשׁ, חָלָב); in full נ׳ צוּפִים ψ 19:11 honey of (the) combs (comp. with מִשְׁפְּטֵי י׳; ‖ דְּבַשׁ).

μέλῐ, τό, genitive ῐτος, etc.; dative μέλι Refs 5th c.BC+:—honey, Refs 8th c.BC+; said to be made from the palm (φοῖνιξ), Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 in comparisons, of anything sweet, especially of eloquence, μέλιτος γλυκίων ῥέεν αὐδή Refs 8th c.BC+, of those who refuse to take 'the rough with the smooth', Refs 7th c.BC+ __II sweet gum collected from certain trees, manna, Refs 4th c.BC+; μ. ἄγριον, μαινόμενον, Refs 1st c.BC+. (Cf. Gothic milip, Latin mel.)

† I. צוּף n.m. (honey-)comb (as exuding honey);—only fig.: cstr. צוּף־דְּבַשׁ Pr 16:24; pl. נֹפֶת צוּפִים ψ 19:11 (+ דְּבַשׁ), 𝔊 κηρίον, κηρία, 𝔙 favus.