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# honey

noun (honey, honeys)

«honey» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Honey is a sweet, thick, golden food made by bees from the nectar of flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#m1)
2. «Honey» is also a loving name for someone, like «dear» or «sweetie». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#m2)

### In the 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 jar holds 500 g of honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x1)
- The bees made 12 kg of honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x2)
- She uses 2 spoons of honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x3)
- How many jars of honey can be filled? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x4)
- Bees make honey from the nectar of flowers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x5)
- I like honey on my toast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x6)
- Winnie-the-Pooh loves honey. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x7)
- Come here, honey, it's time for bed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x8)
- The beekeeper took the honeycomb from the hive. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/#x9)

### 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 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.

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/#x3)
- He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd. (Writings JOB.20.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/#x4)
- And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. (Prophets 1SA.14.25, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/#x5)
- How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Writings PSA.119.103, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «honey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/honey/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honey» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/honey.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «honey» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/H/honey/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«honey» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/honey.html) on Mova free.