1 Samuel 14:25

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And all they of the land came to a wood; 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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 Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
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 the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness.
Matt 3:4-5 : 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,

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26And when the people were come into the wood, behold, the honey dropped; but no man put his hand to his mouth: for the people feared the oath.
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