Lexicon
נֹ֫פֶת
no.phet
H5317
H:N-M Hebrew

honey

5
Occurrences
3
Books
Hebrew
Language

no.phet is honey, named as food and used in imagery of sweetness on the lips.

The attested use names honey as a good, sweet food in Proverbs 24:13 and Proverbs 27:7, while Proverbs 5:3 and Song of Songs 4:11 place it in imagery of lips that drip honey; Psalm 19:11 preserves a construct form, though the APB wording does not isolate its contribution.

Senses in use

  1. Honey as food and sweet lip imagery · dominant

    In Proverbs 24:13 and Proverbs 27:7, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in statements about eating honey, and the APB renders the verses with “Eat honey” and “loathes honey.” In Proverbs 5:3 and Song of Songs 4:11, the same absolute form occurs in clauses where lips drip honey; Psalm 19:11 has the construct form, but the APB renders the verse in terms of warning and reward without making the term's specific contribution explicit.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB explicitly uses “honey” in Proverbs 24:13, Proverbs 27:7, Proverbs 5:3, and Song of Songs 4:11. In Psalm 19:11, its translation does not visibly render the construct-form term.

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