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2 Samuel 17:29

“And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

דְּבַשׁdᵉbash · deb-ash'
H1706 · Hebrew

Definition: honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
Derivation: from an unused root meaning to be gummy;
KJV renderings: honey(-comb).
Grammar: וּ — conjunction
דְבַ֣שׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
Code HC/Ncmsa
Usage: Occurs 54 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 43:11 Exodus 3:8 Exodus 3:17 Exodus 13:5 Exodus 16:31

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read דְּבַשׁ here.

Verse 28

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.