נֹפֶת

«נֹפֶת» in the Tanakh dictionary: flowing honey — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 5 times · Key: 5317 · BDB: נֹ֫פֶת

Glosses

honey (5)

Meaning (OSHB)

flowing honey tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. flowing honey, honey from the comb tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Pr 24:13 flowing honey, honey from the comb (Ph. נפת CIS i. 166, 8 b);—נ׳ abs. Pr 5:3 + 3 times, cstr. ψ 19:11;—sweet Pr 24:13 (‖ דְּבַשׁ), cf. 27:7; fig. of sweet words Pr 5:3, and perhaps Ct 4:11 (Bu of kisses; ‖ דְּבַשׁ, חָלָב); in full נ׳ צוּפִים ψ 19:11 honey of (the) combs (comp. with מִשְׁפְּטֵי י׳; ‖ דְּבַשׁ).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «נֹפֶת» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Proverbs 27:7

נֶ֣פֶשׁ שְׂ֭בֵעָה תָּב֣וּס נֹ֑פֶת וְנֶ֥פֶשׁ רְ֝עֵבָ֗ה כָּל־מַ֥ר מָתֽוֹק׃

Word for word: an.appetite satisfied it.treads.down honey and an.appetite hungry every bitter.[thing] [is].sweet

JPS 1917: The full soul loatheth a honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

Proverbs 5:3

כִּ֤י נֹ֣פֶת תִּ֭טֹּפְנָה שִׂפְתֵ֣י זָרָ֑ה וְחָלָ֖ק מִשֶּׁ֣מֶן חִכָּֽהּ׃

Word for word: (dm) honey they.drip [the].lips of.a.strange.[woman] and.[is] smooth more than.oil mouth her

JPS 1917: For the lips of a strange woman drop honey, and her mouth is smoother than oil;

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