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title: יַעְרָה — honeycomb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעְרָה (lemma:יַעְרָה), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: honeycomb. BDB 1906: n.f. honeycomb. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעְרָה

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«יַעְרָה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **honeycomb** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:יַעְרָה · **BDB:** יַעְרָה

### Glosses

the.honeycomb (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

honeycomb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. honeycomb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. honeycomb, only cstr. יַעְרַת הַדְּבָשׁ 1 S 14:27 (v. ii. יער).—יְעָרוֹת v. i. יַעַר.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעְרָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b0_5e8_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Samuel 14:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/1SA.14.27/)

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וְיוֹנָתָ֣ן לֹֽא־שָׁמַ֗ע בְּהַשְׁבִּ֣יעַ אָבִיו֮ אֶת־הָעָם֒ וַיִּשְׁלַ֗ח אֶת־קְצֵ֤ה הַמַּטֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיִּטְבֹּ֥ל אוֹתָ֖הּ בְּיַעְרַ֣ת הַדְּבָ֑שׁ וַיָּ֤שֶׁב יָדוֹ֙ אֶל־פִּ֔יו וַתָּאֹ֖רְנָה עֵינָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* and Jonathan not he.had.heard when made.to.swear.an.oath father his (et) the people and he.stretched.out (et) the.end of the.staff which \[was\].in hand his and he.dipped it in the.honeycomb of the.honey and he.brought.back hand his to mouth his and they.brightened eyes his

*JPS 1917:* But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath; and he put forth the end of the rod that was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened.

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