H3295 H3295
In the honeycomb of, a construct form appearing in 1 Samuel 14:27
This rare construct form appears when Jonathan dips his staff into the honeycomb in 1 Samuel 14:27. The phrase 'honeycomb of honey' uses construct syntax to specify the forest honey available during the battle with the Philistines. The multilingual glosses consistently preserve the honeycomb imagery, though some Germanic traditions leave it transliterated, suggesting lexical uncertainty.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A construct form meaning 'honeycomb of' in 1 Samuel 14:27, appearing in the narrative of Jonathan's unwitting violation of Saul's oath. The phrase 'in the honeycomb of honey' emphasizes the forest honey's natural abundance, contrasting with the enforced fast that weakened Israel's troops during battle. 1×
AR["بِـ-شَهْدِ"]·ben["-চাকে"]·DE["in-honeycomb-von"]·EN["in-honeycomb-of"]·FR["dans-honeycomb-de"]·heb["ב-יערת"]·HI["छत्ते-में"]·ID["ke-sarang"]·IT["in-honeycomb-di"]·jav["ing-tala"]·KO["벌집에"]·PT["no-favo-de"]·RU["в-соты"]·ES["en-panal-de"]·SW["katika-asali"]·TR["peteğine"]·urd["چھتے-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. [יַעְרָה] n.f. honeycomb, only cstr. יַעְרַת הַדְּבָשׁ 1 S 14:27 (v. ii. יער).—יְעָרוֹת v. i. יַעַר.