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title: מֶתֶק — sweetness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: מֶתֶק (4986), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sweetness. BDB 1906: n.m. sweetness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# מֶתֶק

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«מֶתֶק» 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:** 4986 · **BDB:** מֶ֫תֶק

### Glosses

sweetness (1); the.sweetness (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sweetness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4986/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. sweetness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4986/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 16:21 sweetness; cstr. מ׳ שְׂפָתַיִם Pr 16:21 i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so prob. מ׳ רֵעִֽהוּ 27:9 the sweetness of one’s friend, i.e. of his speech.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «מֶתֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4986/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 16:21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.21/)

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לַחֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקָּרֵ֣א נָב֑וֹן וּמֶ֥תֶק שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף לֶֽקַח׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] wise of.heart it.is.called \[one.who\].has.understanding and sweetness of.lips it.increases persuasiveness

*JPS 1917:* The wise in heart is called a man of discernment; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

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[Proverbs 27:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.9/)

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שֶׁ֣מֶן וּ֭קְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב וּמֶ֥תֶק רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ מֵֽעֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* oil and perfume it.makes.glad a.heart and the.sweetness his.friend his \[is\].from.\[the\] counsel of.a.person

*JPS 1917:* Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

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