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title: טָעַם — taste · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טָעַם (2938), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: taste. BDB 1906: vb. taste, perceive. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טָעַם

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«טָעַם» in the Tanakh dictionary: **taste** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 2938 · **BDB:** טָעַם

### Glosses

I.tasted (2); it.tastes (2); I.will.taste (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

taste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2938/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. taste, perceive [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2938/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. taste, perceive (NH id.; Aramaic ܛܥܶܡ, טְעֵים taste; Assyrian n. ṭêmu, sense, command, ZimBP 92 LyonSargontexte 67) AsrbAnnals iii, 95; Arabic طَعِمَ eat, taste, examine by tasting; Ethiopic ጥዕመ: ጠዐመ: taste, examine by tasting, etc. (— Pf. 3 ms. ט׳ 1 S 14:24; 3 fs. טָֽעֲמָה Pr 31:18; 1 s. טָעַמְתִּי 1 S 14:29, 43; Impf. 3 ms. יִטְעַם 2 S 19:36 + 2 times; 1 s. אֶטְעַם 2 S 3:35; 3 mpl. יִטְעֲמוּ Jon 3:7; Imv. mpl. טַעֲמוּ ψ 34:9; Inf. abs. טָעֹם 1 S 14:43;— taste, of eating in small quantity, sq. acc. לָ֑חֶם 1 S 14:24, מְעַט דְּבַשׁ v 29, so v 43 (טָעֹם טָעַמְתִּי); לֶחֶם אוֹ כָל־מְאוּמָה 2 S 3:35; מְאוּמָה Jon 3:7. of sense of taste, obj. אֶת־אֲשֶׁר אֹכַל וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁתֶּה 2 S 19:36; so חֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לוֹ Jb 12:11; חֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל 34:3. fig. Pr 31:18 she tasteth that her gain is good (obj. cl. c. כִּי), i.e. she experiences that her trade is profitable; so טַעֲמוּ וּרְאוּ כִּי־טוֹב יהוה ψ 34:9 taste ye and see that י׳ is good.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «טָעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2938/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 34:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.34.3/)

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כִּי־אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ יִטְעַ֥ם לֶאֱכֹֽל׃

*Word for word:* (dm) \[the\].ear words it.tests and.\[the\] palate it.tastes (to) food

*JPS 1917:* For the ear trieth words, as the palate tasteth food.

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[Job 12:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.11/)

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הֲלֹא־אֹ֭זֶן מִלִּ֣ין תִּבְחָ֑ן וְ֝חֵ֗ךְ אֹ֣כֶל יִטְעַם־לֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* ? not an.ear words does.it.test and a.palate food it.tastes (for itself

*JPS 1917:* Doth not the ear try words, even as the palate tasteth its food?

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