1 Samuel 14:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָל־הָאָ֖רֶץ בָּ֣אוּ בַיָּ֑עַר וַיְהִ֥י דְבַ֖שׁ עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַשָּׂדֶֽה׃

Transliteration

And all the hāʾāreṣ bāʾû into the yaʿar; and wayĕhî dĕbaš upon the pĕnê of the haśśādeh.

Grammar Details

*hāʾāreṣ*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the land/country
*bāʾû*: qal perfect, 3rd common plural - they came/entered
*yaʿar*: masculine singular noun with definite article and preposition - into the forest/woods
*wayĕhî*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, waw consecutive - and there was
*dĕbaš*: masculine singular noun - honey
*pĕnê*: masculine plural construct noun with preposition - upon the surface of
*haśśādeh*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the field

Word Meanings

*hāʾāreṣ*: land/country/people of the land
*dĕbaš*: honey/honeycomb
*pĕnê haśśādeh*: surface of the field/open ground

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Referenced Verses

Exod 3:8 : 8 and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good land and a large, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite.
Num 13:27 : 27 And they told him, and said, We came unto the land whither thou sentest us; and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it.
Deut 9:28 : 28 lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because Jehovah was not able to bring them into the land which he promised unto them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Matt 3:4-5 : 4 Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan;

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1 Sam 14:26-30
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26And when the people were come unto the forest, behold, the honey dropped: but no man put his hand to his mouth; for the people feared the oath.
27But Jonathan heard not when his father charged the people with the oath: wherefore 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 were enlightened.
28Then answered one of the people, and said, Thy father straitly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth food this day. And the people were faint.
29Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
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1 Sam 14:20-24
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20And Saul and all the people that were with him were gathered together, and came to the battle: and, behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, [and there was] a very great discomfiture.
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2 Sam 17:29
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1 Sam 14:43
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