מַטְעַם
maṭʻam · H4303 · Hebrew · 8 occurrences
Meanings
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tasty food, delicacy
Food of a high quality and with a delicious taste
ExamplesGenesis 27:4 and prepare a delicious meal for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before I die.”
Genesis 27:7 ‘Bring me some game and prepare a delicious meal for me, so that I may eat, and bless you in the presence of the LORD before my death.’
Genesis 27:9 “Go now to the flock and bring me two choice young goats from there, so that I may prepare them as a delicious meal for your father, such as he loves.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- הוּhis 2
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
What is done to itIt is the object
5 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 4
- נָתַןto give, to put, to set 1
Second object ofSecond object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 4
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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Near synonyms 1 word
- מַעֲדָן maʻădân · H4574 · delicacies, delight
- Hebrew noun denoting delicacies or choice food items; closely parallel in meaning to מַטְעַם as both refer to special, choice, or delicious food preparations rather than ordinary fare.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Food001003001003
- מַטְעַם names a delicacy or savory dish, as in Isaac's request that Esau prepare him "a savory dish" before the blessing (Genesis 27:4, 7, 9, 14).
Word family 6 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H4303. matam or matammah [מַטְעָם] noun masculine only plural tasty or savoury food,…
or matammah [מַטְעָם] noun masculine only plural tasty or savoury food, dainties — מַטְעַמִּים Gen 27:4, Gen 27:7, Gen 27:9, Gen 27:14, Gen 27:17, Gen 27:31 (all J); suffix מַטְעַמּוֺתָיו Pro 23:3; מַטְעַמֹּתָיו Pro 23:6.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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