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title: טַעַם — taste · The Tanakh dictionary
description: טַעַם (2940), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 13 times: taste. BDB 1906: n.m. taste, judgment. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# טַעַם

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«טַעַם» 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:** 13 times · **Key:** 2940 · **BDB:** טַ֫עַם

### Glosses

taste (4); discernment (2); of.discernment (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

taste [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2940/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. taste, judgment [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2940/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Jo 48:11 taste, judgment—ט׳ abs. Jb 6:6 ψ 119:66; טָ֑עַם Pr 11:22; 26:16; cstr. טַעַם Nu 11:8 + 2 times; sf. טַעְמוֹ Ex 16:31 + 4 times; טַעְמֵךְ 1 S 25:33;— taste of manna Ex 16:31 (P), Nu 11:8 (JE), cf. v 8; in syrup of mallow Jb 6:6; of Moab under fig. of wine Je 48:11 (‖ רֵיחַ). fig. judgment, discretion, discernment, 1 S 25:33 Pr 11:22 Jb 12:20, so טוּב טַעַם וָדַעַת לַמְּדֵנִי ψ 119:66; מְשִׁיבֵי ט׳ Pr 26:16 those answering discretion, i.e. discreetly; שׁנה טעם change, disguise one’s judgment, sense 1 S 21:14 ψ 34:1, of David feigning madness. (late Aramaism, cf. Dn 3:10 etc.) decision, decree טַעַם מֶלֶךְ וּגְדֹלָיו Jon 3:7.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 12 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 «טַעַם» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1496/2940/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Job 12:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.12.20/)

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מֵסִ֣יר שָׂ֭פָה לְנֶאֱמָנִ֑ים וְטַ֖עַם זְקֵנִ֣ים יִקָּֽח׃

*Word for word:* \[he.is\].removing a.lip of trusted.\[ones\] and.\[the\] discernment of.elders he.takes.away

*JPS 1917:* He removeth the speech of men of trust, and taketh away the sense of the elders.

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[Proverbs 26:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.26.16/)

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חָכָ֣ם עָצֵ֣ל בְּעֵינָ֑יו מִ֝שִּׁבְעָ֗ה מְשִׁ֣יבֵי טָֽעַם׃

*Word for word:* \[is\].wise a.sluggard in his.own eyes more than.seven.\[people\] \[who\].bring.back (of).discernment

*JPS 1917:* The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men that give wise answer.

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