honey

Everyday

1. Honey is a sweet, thick, golden food made by bees from the nectar of flowers. tree →
2. «Honey» is also a loving name for someone, like «dear» or «sweetie». tree →

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 →
• The bees made 12 kg of honey. tree →
• She uses 2 spoons of honey. tree →
• How many jars of honey can be filled? tree →
• Bees make honey from the nectar of flowers. tree →
• I like honey on my toast. tree →
• Winnie-the-Pooh loves honey. tree →
• Come here, honey, it's time for bed. tree →
• The beekeeper took the honeycomb from the hive. tree →

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 →
• 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 →
• 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 →
• He shall not look upon the rivers, the flowing streams of honey and curd. (Writings JOB.20.17, JPS 1917) tree →
• And all the people came into the forest; and there was honey upon the ground. (Prophets 1SA.14.25, JPS 1917) tree →
• How sweet are Thy words unto my palate! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth! (Writings PSA.119.103, JPS 1917) tree →

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.