טָעַם
ṭâʻam · H2938 · Hebrew · 11 occurrences
Meanings
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to taste
Process by which the flavor of food is perceived, when eating
Examples2 Samuel 19:35 “I am now eighty years old. Can I distinguish between good and bad? Or can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Or can I still hear the voice of men and women singing? Why then should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?
Job 12:11 “Does the ear not put words to the test, As the palate tastes its food?
Job 34:3 “For the ear tests words As the palate tastes food.
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to taste, to eat
Action by which someone consumes food
Examples1 Samuel 14:24 Now the men of Israel were hard-pressed on that day, for Saul had put the people under oath, saying, “Cursed be the man who eats food before evening, and before I have avenged myself on my enemies.” So none of the people tasted food.
1 Samuel 14:29 Then Jonathan said, “My father has troubled the land. See now that my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.
1 Samuel 14:43 So Saul said to Jonathan, “Tell me what you have done.” And Jonathan told him, and said, “I did indeed taste a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. Here I am, I must die!”
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to taste > perceive
Process by which "the flavor" of something is perceived with one's mind/soul
ExamplesPsalm 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; How blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
Proverbs 31:18 She senses that her profit is good; Her lamp does not go out at night.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
10 occurrences in 10 groups
- Not stated: I 3
- Other words · 9 groups that occur once or twice (10) 10
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
8 occurrences in 7 groups
- דְּבַשׁhoney 2
- לֶחֶםbread, food 2
- מְאוּמָהsomething 2
- אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
- אֹכֶלfood 1
- סַחַרgain 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
4 occurrences in 4 groups
- בin/on/with+ קָצֶהend, edge, border 1
- לto/for+ אָכַלto eat, to devour 1
- לto/for+ פָּנִיםface, presence, before 1
- לto/for+ וֹhim 1
With adverbsAdverbs
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- לֹאnot 1
- אַלnot, do not 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- γεύομαι geúomai · G1089 · to taste, to eat, eating
- Greek γεύομαι directly translates Hebrew טָעַם in both literal gustatory sense (to taste food/drink) and extended figurative sense (to experience/perceive), representing standard LXX rendering of this Hebrew verb across its semantic range.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Taste002004001008
- טָעַם describes tasting food, the sensory act of perceiving flavor, as Jonathan tasting a little honey (1 Samuel 14:24, 29, 43).
- Ingest002001001025
- טָעַם denotes tasting food, illustrated repeatedly (1 Samuel 14:24, 14:29, 14:43; 2 Samuel 3:35, 19:36) as the physical act of putting food in the mouth.
- Know002004002007
- This entry carries no independent "Know" sense of its own; every genuine tagged occurrence of טָעַם denotes literal tasting of food or drink (1 Samuel 14:24, 2 Samuel 19:36, Job 12:11's "the palate tastes food"), never a figurative sense of perceiving or knowing. The domain is bundle-shared with a related sense.
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H2938. taam טָעַם verb taste, perceive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , טְעֵים taste; Assyrian…
טָעַם verb taste, perceive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , טְעֵים taste; Assyrian noun ‰êmû, sense, command, ZimBP 92 LyonSargontexte 67 AsrbAnnals iii, 95; Arabic eat, taste, examine by tasting; Ethiopic taste, examine by tasting, etc.) —
Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ט 1Sa 14:24; 1Sa 14:3feminine singular טָֽעֲמָה Pro 31:18; Pro 31:1singular טָעַמְתִּי 1Sa 14:29, 1Sa 14:43; Imperfect3masculine singular יִטְעַם 1 Samuel 19:36 1Sa 19:2t.; 1 singular אֶטְעַם 2Sa 3:35; 2Sa 3:3masculine plural יִטְעֲמוּ Jon 3:7; Imperative masculine plural טַעֲמוּ Psa 34:9; Infinitive absolute טָעֹם 1Sa 14:13; —
1 taste, of eating in small quantity, followed by accusative לָ֑חֶם 1Sa 14:24, דְּבַשׁ מְעַט 1Sa 14:29, so 1Sa 14:43 (טָעַמְתִּי טָעִם); כָלמְֿאוּמָה אוֺ לֶחֶם 2Sa 3:35; מְאוּמָה Jon 3:7.
2 of sense of taste, object אֶשְׁתֶּה וְאֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֹכַל אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר 2Sa 19:36; so יִטְעַםלֿוֺ אֹכֶל חֵךְ Job 12:11; לֶאֱכֹל יִטְעַם חֵךְ Job 34:3.
3 figurative Pro 31:18 she tasteth that her gain is good (object clause with כִּי), i.e. she experiences that her trade is profitable; so יהוה כִּיטֿוֺב וּרְאוּ מַעֲמוּ Psa 34:9 taste ye and see that ׳י is good.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
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