de.vash denotes honey, especially as food and in descriptions of a land’s abundance and sweetness.

The noun most often occurs in the repeated description of a land “flowing with milk and honey,” where it marks the land’s abundance; elsewhere it names honey as something eaten, supplied, given, traded, or compared with sweetness.

1. Honey in descriptions of an abundant land · dominant

   The absolute noun appears in the recurring clause describing a land as “flowing with milk and honey.” In Deuteronomy 11:9 the APB renders that clause in connection with prolonged days in the land, while Numbers 13:27 places it in the report that the land indeed has this character and displays its fruit.

   Deuteronomy 11:9Exodus 3:8Numbers 13:27Deuteronomy 8:8Ezekiel 20:6Jeremiah 32:22
2. Honey as an edible or supplied commodity · common

   The absolute noun names a substance that is tasted, eaten, carried, or supplied. In 1 Samuel 14:29 the APB renders Jonathan’s tasting “a little of this honey,” and in 2 Samuel 17:29 it lists honey among provisions brought for hungry, weary, and thirsty people.

   1 Samuel 14:291 Samuel 14:432 Samuel 17:29Genesis 43:111 Kings 14:3Proverbs 24:13
3. Honey as a measure of sweetness · occasional

   In comparisons, the noun supplies the concrete standard of sweetness. Judges 14:18 asks what is sweeter than honey, and Ezekiel 3:3 says the eaten scroll tasted “as sweet as honey in my mouth” in the APB.

   Judges 14:18Ezekiel 3:3Proverbs 16:24Exodus 16:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun as “honey,” including food lists and the land formula “flowing with milk and honey.” In some clauses it expands the setting with “honeycomb” or uses honey in a comparison of sweetness.