Debash

In the second place the term debash applies to a decoction of the juice of the grape, which is still called dibs, and which forms an article of commerce in the East, it was this, and not ordinary bee-honey, which Jacob sent to Joseph, (Genesis 43: 11) and which the ❋ Unknown (1884)

In addition to wine the Hebrews also made use of what they called debash, which was obtained by boiling down must to one-half or one-third of its original bulk. ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

+ Honey wine, of which there were two sorts, one consisting of a mixture of wine, honey and pepper; the other a decoction of the juice of the grape, termed debash (honey) by the Hebrews, and dibs by the modern Syrians. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Oblations might also consist of fruit prepared as for ordinary use, in compressed cakes, cooked if necessary, or made in the form of jelly (debash; the latter preparation was excluded from the altar in Israel). ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

This word occurs in the phrase "a land flowing with milk and honey" (debash), Ex. 3: 8, ❋ M.G. Easton (1897)

The Hebrew debash in the first place applied to the product of the bee, to which exclusively we give the name of honey. ❋ Unknown (1884)

Bedouins; unlike figs, they are not dried into compressed cakes, but separately; date wine was known throughout the East and is still made in a few places; date honey (Heb. debash; cf. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)