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דְּבַשׁ54 noun masculine 1Sam 14:29 honey (named from colour according to Fl NHWBi. 430; Arabic [untranscribed source text 1082] ( [untranscribed source text 1083]) date-honey; Late Hebrew דְּבַשׁ, Aramaic דּובשא , [untranscribed source text 1084], [untranscribed source text 1085], honey both of fruits and of bees; compare also Assyrian dišpu COTGloss ZimBP 84 DlPr 70) — absolute ׳ ד Gen 43:11 + 33 t.; דְּבָ֑שׁ Exod 3:8 + 18 t.; suffix דִּבְשִׁי Song 5:1 — honey, product of bees, used as food Judg 14:8; Judg 14:9; Judg 14:18 (in lion's carcass); found in (clefts of) rock Deut 32:13 ( מִסֶּלַע ׳ ד, in song, J E ), Ps 81:17 (׳ מִצּוּר ד); in woods, on ground 1Sam 14:25 (עלפֿני השׂדה) 1Sam 14:26 (׳ הֵלֶךְ ד; but read rather הָלַךְ דְּבֹרוֺ its bees had departed, We Dr after ᵐ5 ) 1Sam 14:29 1Sam 14:43 transported in jar or bottle ׳ בַּקְבֻּק ד 1Kgs 14:3 contribution to priests and Levites 2Chr 31:5 || חֶמְאָה 2Sam 17:29; Isa 7:15; Isa 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 Gen 43:11 ( J ); article of trade Ezek 27:17 (in these two perhaps = grape syrup, modern dibs, compare Di Gen 43:11 see RobBR ii. 81); forbidden as burnt offering Lev 2:11 (|| שְׂאֹר ); honey comb = ׳ יַעְרַת הַדּ 1Sam 14:27 (compare יַעְרִי Song 5:1); also ׳ צוּף ד Prov 16:24 (compare נֹפֶת צופים Ps 19:11); most often in phrase describing abundance in land of Canaan ׳ אֶרֶץ זָבַת חָלָב וּד Exod 3:8; Exod 3:17; Exod 13:5; Exod 33:3 (all J E ) Lev 20:24 ( H ) Num 13:27 ; Num 14:8; Num 16:18; Num 16:14 (all J E ) Deut 6:3; Deut 11:9; Deut 26:9; Deut 26:15; Deut 27:3; Deut 31:20 (all D ) Josh 5:6 ( D ) Jer 11:5 ; Jer 32:22 ; Ezek 20:6 ; Ezek 20:15 compare Deut 8:8; 2Kgs 18:32 (of land of captivity, words of the Rabshak); see also Ezek 16:13; Ezek 16:19; Job 20:17 וְחֶמְאָה ׳ נַחֲלֵי ד; honey, used to illustrate moral teachings Prov 24:13 (|| נֹפֶת ), Prov 25:16; Prov 25:27 (danger of surfeit); simile of sweetness of taste Ezek 3:3 (the roll), compare כְּצַפִּיחִת ׳ בִּד Exod 16:31 ( P ; description of manna); of sweetness of the law Ps 19:11 (|| נֹפֶת צוּפִים) compare Ps 119:103 (of pleasant words Prov 16:24 compare above); sweetness of lips וְחָלָב ׳ ד Song 4:11 figurative of love דִּבְשִׁי Song 5:1 (|| יַעְרִי, יֵינִי, חֲלָבִי).