For the remembrance of me is sweeter than honey: To remember Wisdom means to think about Wisdom. The author says those thoughts will be sweeter than honey.
And my inheritance sweeter than the honeycomb: The inheritance consists of the gifts that Wisdom bestows on a person, the qualities or opportunities a person receives as a result of possessing wisdom. It may be expressed as a reward. The honeycomb is the cluster of waxy cells which bees produce in their hives to store their honey. Honey is never fresher or sweeter than when it is eaten straight from the comb. Compare Psa 19.10.
We may translate this verse as follows:
• Just thinking of me is sweeter than honey;
what I give is better than honey straight from the comb.
Quoted with permission from Bullard, Roger A. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Sirach. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2008. For this and other handbooks for translators see here.

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