nofet · dripping honey

What it means

nofet (נֹפֶת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dripping honey”.

Honey that drips, the purest, as it comes from the comb.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Sweet syrup flowing from the wax cells.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• honeycomb ×3
• honey from the comb ×1
• than the drippings ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Psalms×1
• Proverbs×3
• Song of Songs×1

• Psalms 19:10

  More desirable than gold, and than much fine gold; and sweeter than honey and than the drippings of the honeycomb.

• Proverbs 5:3

  For the lips of the strange woman drip honey from the comb, and smoother than oil is her palate;

• Proverbs 24:13

  Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and honeycomb is sweet to your palate;

• Proverbs 27:7

  A sated soul tramples the honeycomb, but to a hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.

• Song of Songs 4:11

  Your lips drip honeycomb, bride; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.