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title: מַמְתַקִּים — sweetness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מַמְתַקִּים (4477), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sweetness. BDB 1906: pl. sweetness sweet things. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מַמְתַקִּים

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«מַמְתַקִּים» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sweetness** — 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:** 2 times · **Key:** 4477 · **BDB:** מַמְתַֿקִּים²

### Glosses

\[is\].sweetness(es) (1); sweet.things (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweetness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4477/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

pl. sweetness sweet things [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4477/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\]pl. sweetness = sweet things;—of drinks וּשְׁתוּ מ׳ Ne 8:10 (‖ אִכְלוּ מַשְׁמַנִּים); of lover’s kisses חִכּוֹ מ׳ Ct 5:16 (‖ כֻּלּוֹ מַחֲמַדִּים).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 3 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword without dagesh, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מַמְתַקִּים» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4477/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Song of Songs 5:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.5.16/)

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חִכּוֹ֙ מַֽמְתַקִּ֔ים וְכֻלּ֖וֹ מַחֲּמַדִּ֑יםזֶ֤ה דוֹדִי֙ וְזֶ֣ה רֵעִ֔י בְּנ֖וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

*Word for word:* mouth his \[is\].sweetness(es) and all of.him \[is\].desirableness(es) this lover \[is\].my and this friend \[is\].my O.daughters of.Jerusalem

*JPS 1917:* His mouth is most sweet; yea, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.'

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[Nehemiah 8:10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.8.10/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֡ם לְכוּ֩ אִכְל֨וּ מַשְׁמַנִּ֜ים וּשְׁת֣וּ מַֽמְתַקִּ֗ים וְשִׁלְח֤וּ מָנוֹת֙ לְאֵ֣ין נָכ֣וֹן ל֔וֹ כִּֽי־קָד֥וֹשׁ הַיּ֖וֹם לַאֲדֹנֵ֑ינוּ וְאַל־תֵּ֣עָצֵ֔בוּ כִּֽי־חֶדְוַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה הִ֥יא מָֽעֻזְּכֶֽם׃

*Word for word:* and he.said to them go eat fat.foods and drink sweet.things and send portions to there.\[is\].not a.\[thing\].prepared for him (dm) \[is\].holy this day to lord(s) our and do.not be.grieved (dm) the.joy of.Yahweh it refuge \[is\].your

*JPS 1917:* Then he said unto them: 'Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions unto him for whom nothing is prepared; for this day is holy unto our Lord; neither be ye grieved; for the joy of the LORD is your strength.'

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