Lexical Summary ya'ar: wood, forest, thicket Original Word: יַעַרTransliteration: ya'ar Phonetic Spelling: (yah'-ar) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: wood, forest, thicket Meaning: a copse of bushes, a forest, honey in the comb Strong's Concordance honeycomb, forest, wood From an unused root probably meaning to thicken with verdure; a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees) -- (honey-)comb, forest, wood. Brown-Driver-Briggs H3293. ya 'ar II. יַ֫עַר noun [masculine] honeycomb, — absolute יַעַר 1 Samuel 14:25-26, suffix יַעְרִי Song of Solomon 5:1; — honeycomb, containing honey 1 Samuel 14:25 (where read הַשָּׂדֶה עַלמְּֿנֵּי הָיָה וְיַעַר with ᵐ5 We Dr Kit in KauAT, instead of see as in MT); אֶלהַֿיַּעַר העם וַיָּבוֺא 14:26 ("" דבשׁ14:25) and when the people came to the honeycomb behold its bees had departed (see ᵐ5 We Dr Kit VB); עִםדִּֿבְשִׁי יַעְרִי אָכַלְתִּי Song of Solomon 5:1; see also I.יַעֲרָה. |
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