Milk

"(1.) Hebrew halabh, "new milk", milk in its fresh state (Judg." 4:19). It is frequently mentioned in connection with honey (Ex. "3:8; 13:5; Josh. 5:6; Isa. 7:15, 22; Jer. 11:5). Sheep (Deut." "32:14) and goats (Prov. 27:27) and camels (Gen. 32:15), as well" "as cows, are made to give their milk for the use of man. Milk is" used figuratively as a sign of abundance (Gen. 49:12; Ezek. 25:4; Joel 3:18). It is also a symbol of the rudiments of "doctrine (1 Cor. 3:2; Heb. 5:12, 13), and of the unadulterated" word of God (1 Pet. 2:2). "(2.) Heb. hem'ah, always rendered "butter" in the Authorized "Version. It means "butter," but also more frequently "cream," or" "perhaps, as some think, "curdled milk," such as that which" "Abraham set before the angels (Gen. 18:8), and which Jael gave" to Sisera (Judg. 5:25). In this state milk was used by "travellers (2 Sam. 17:29). If kept long enough, it acquired a" slightly intoxicating or soporific power. "This Hebrew word is also sometimes used for milk in general (Deut. 32:14; Job 20:17).