honey
part of speech
noun (honey, honeys)
meaning for a pupil
1) Honey is a sweet, thick, golden food made by bees from the nectar of flowers. tree →
2) «Honey» is also a loving name for someone, like «dear» or «sweetie». tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Honey is a sign of a rich, good land, "flowing with milk and honey". It may mean sweet fruit syrup as well as bees' honey, and the manna tasted like it. Interpretation: Tradition sees the "land flowing with milk and honey" as a promise of plenty, and honey's sweetness is used as a picture of the Torah itself. In the primary lessons: an amount measured in jars, kilograms or spoons; in science: bees collect nectar, store honey in a honeycomb and need it for food in winter; in everyday life: honey on toast, in tea; in stories: bears love honey; phrases: «as sweet as honey», «honeycomb», «honeybee»
examples
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey. (Torah DEU.26.9, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey. (Torah EXO.16.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd. (Writings JOB.20.17, JPS 1917) tree →
- And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. (Prophets 1SA.14.25, JPS 1917) tree →
- How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Writings PSA.119.103, JPS 1917) tree →
- A jar holds 500 g of honey. tree →
- The bees made 12 kg of honey. tree →
- She uses 2 spoons of honey. tree →
- How many jars of honey can be filled? tree →
- Bees make honey from the nectar of flowers. tree →
- I like honey on my toast. tree →
- Winnie-the-Pooh loves honey. tree →
- Come here, honey, it's time for bed. tree →
- The beekeeper took the honeycomb from the hive. tree →
note
Measured, not counted one by one: jars = amount ÷ per jar (watch units: 1 kg = 1,000 g). Uncountable: some honey, a jar of honey. Safety: babies under one year old should not eat honey.
In the corpora
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
- And He hath brought us into this place, and hath given us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.
- And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.
- Curd and honey shall he eat, when he knoweth to refuse the evil, and choose the good.
- and gavest them this land, which Thou didst swear to their fathers to give them, a land flowing with milk and honey;
Trees and pragmatics
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