Honeycomb
Honeycomb.
("Jonathan had not heard when his father adjured the people, and he put forth the end of the staff that was in his hand, dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes brightened" - 1 Samuel 14:27, and also: "May his thirsty soul also merit to taste a little from the honeycomb" - Mendele Mocher Sforim / Travels of Benjamin the Third, 6, and also: "The sins of the man and the woman and the serpent / David’s sin over Uriah, the ewe-lamb of the wicked / and Jonathan and the honeycomb" - Nathan Yonatan / Collected (Tishrei))
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
יַעֲרַת דְּבַשׁ
Definition (Hebrew)
חַלַּת דְּבַשׁ.
("וְיוֹנָתָן לֹא שָׁמַע בְּהַשְׁבִּיעַ אָבִיו אֶת הָעָם וַיִּשְׁלַח אֶת קְצֵה הַמַּטֶּה אֲשֶׁר בְּיָדוֹ וַיִּטְבֹּל אוֹתָהּ בְּיַעְרַת הַדְּבָשׁ וַיָּשֶׁב יָדוֹ אֶל פִּיו וַתָּאֹרְנָה עֵינָיו"- שְׁמוּאֵל א יָד כז, וְכֵן:"תִּזְכֶּה נָא גַּם נַפְשָׁם הַשּׁוֹקְקָהּ שֶׁל אַחֲנוֹ הַיְּהוּדִים לִטְעֹם מְעַט מִיַּעֲרַת הַדְּבַשׁ"- מֶנְדֵּלֵי מו"ס/ מַסְּעוֹת בִּנְיָמִין הַשְּׁלִישִׁי,ו', וְכֵן:"חֲטָאֵי הָאִישׁ וְהָאִשָּׁה וְהַנָּחָשׁ/ חַטָּאת דָּוִד בְּאוּרִיָּה, כִּבְשַׂת הָרָשׁ/ וְיוֹנָתָן וְיַעֲרַת הַדְּבַשׁ"- נָתָן יוֹנָתָן/ נֶאֱסַף תִּשְׁרֵי)