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title: מַטְעַמִּים — tasty food · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַטְעַמִּים (4303), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: tasty food. BDB 1906: n.m. tasty savoury food, dainties. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַטְעַמִּים

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«מַטְעַמִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **tasty food** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 4303 · **BDB:** מַטְעָם

### Glosses

delicious.food(s) (5); his.delicious (2); food(s) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

tasty food [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4303/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. tasty savoury food, dainties [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4303/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. only pl. tasty or savoury food, dainties—מַטְעַמִּים Gn 27:4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 31 (all J); sf. מַטְעַמּוֹתָיו Pr 23:3; מַטְעַמֹּתָיו v 6.

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Why these entries: BDB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: another headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַטְעַמִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4303/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 23:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.3/)

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אַל־תִּ֭תְאָולְמַטְעַמּוֹתָ֑יו וְ֝ה֗וּא לֶ֣חֶם כְּזָבִֽים׃

*Word for word:* do.not crave for his.delicious food(s) and it \[is\].food of.lies

*JPS 1917:* Be not desirous of his dainties; seeing they are deceitful food.

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[Proverbs 23:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.23.6/)

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אַל־תִּלְחַ֗ם אֶת־לֶ֭חֶם רַ֣ע עָ֑יִן וְאַל־תִּ֝תְאָ֗יו לְמַטְעַמֹּתָֽיו׃

*Word for word:* do.not eat (et) \[the\].food of.a.\[person\].evil of.eye and do.not crave for his.delicious food(s)

*JPS 1917:* Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainties;

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