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title: יַעַר — honeycomb · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יַעַר (lemma:יַעַר), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: honeycomb. BDB 1906: honeycomb. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יַעַר

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«יַעַר» 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 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:יַעַר · **BDB:** יַ֫עַר²

### Glosses

honeycomb (1); of.Jaar (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

honeycomb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b7_5e8/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

honeycomb [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b7_5e8/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] honeycomb,—abs. יַעַר 1 S 14:25, 26; sf. יַעְרִי Ct 5:1;—honeycomb, containing honey 1 S 14:25 (where read וְיַעַר הָיָה עַל־פְּנֵי הַשָּׁדֶה with 𝔊 We Dr Kit in KauAT, instead of v. as in MT); וַיָּבוֹא העם אֶל־הַיַּעַר 1 S 14:26 (‖ דבשׁ v 25) and when the people came to the honeycomb behold its bees had departed (v. 𝔊 We Dr Kit VB); אָכַלְתִּי יַעְרִי עִם־דִּבְשִׁי Ct 5:1; v. also i. יַעֲרָה.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (27 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (20 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יַעַר» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/lemma_3a_5d9_5b7_5e2_5b7_5e8/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 132:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.132.6/)

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הִנֵּֽה־שְׁמַֽעֲנ֥וּהָ בְאֶפְרָ֑תָה מְ֝צָאנ֗וּהָ בִּשְׂדֵי־יָֽעַר׃

*Word for word:* here! we heard.of.it in Ephrathah we found.it in the.fields of.Jaar

*JPS 1917:* Lo, we heard of it as being in Ephrath; we found it in the field of the wood.

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[Song of Songs 5:1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.1/)

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בָּ֣אתִי לְגַנִּי֮ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּה֒ אָרִ֤יתִי מוֹרִי֙ עִם־בְּשָׂמִ֔י אָכַ֤לְתִּי יַעְרִי֙ עִם־דִּבְשִׁ֔י שָׁתִ֥יתִי יֵינִ֖י עִם־חֲלָבִ֑י אִכְל֣וּ רֵעִ֔ים שְׁת֥וּ וְשִׁכְר֖וּ דּוֹדִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* I.have.come to garden my my.sister my bride I.have.gathered myrrh my with spice my I.have.eaten honeycomb my with honey my I.have.drunk wine my with milk my eat O.friends drink and become.drunk O.lovers

*JPS 1917:* I am come into my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.

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