Lexical Definition

‎טָעַם‎ ṭâʻam (taw-am') to perceive ^H:V
a primitive root

[idiom] but, perceive, taste.

• to taste
• figuratively, to perceive

1) to taste, perceive, eat
1a) (Qal) to taste

See Greek: γεύομαι

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: te.am (‎ט‎ְ‎ע‎ֵ‎ם‎ "to feed" טְעַם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טָעַם‎ verb taste, perceive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , ‎טְעֵים‎ taste; Assyrian noun ‰êmû, sense, command, Zim^{BP 92} Lyon^{Sargontexte 67} Asrb^{Annals iii, 95}; Arabic eat, taste, examine by tasting; Ethiopic taste, examine by tasting, etc.) —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎׳‎‎ט‎ 1Sam 14:24 3 feminine singular ‎טָֽעֲמָה‎ Prov 31:18 1 singular ‎טָעַמְתִּי‎ 1Sam 14:29; 1Sam 14:43 Imperfect 3 masculine singular ‎יִטְעַם‎ 1Sam 19:36 + 2 t.; 1 singular ‎אֶטְעַם‎ 2Sam 3:35 3 masculine plural ‎יִטְעֲמוּ‎ Jonah 3:7 Imperative masculine plural ‎טַעֲמוּ‎ Ps 34:9* Infinitive absolute ‎טָעֹם‎ 1Sam 14:13 —

1. taste, of eating in small quantity, followed by accusative ‎לָ֑חֶם‎ 1Sam 14:24, ‎מְעַט דְּבַשׁ‎ v1Sam 14:29, so v1Sam 14:43 (‎טָעִם טָעַמְתִּי‎); ‎לֶחֶם אוֺ כָלמְֿאוּמָה‎ 2Sam 3:35 ‎מְאוּמָה‎ Jonah 3:7.

2. of sense of taste, object ‎אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֹכַל וְאֶתאֲֿשֶׁר‎ ‎אֶשְׁתֶּה‎ 2Sam 19:36* so ‎חֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַםלֿוֺ‎ Job 12:11 ‎חֵךְ‎ ‎יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל‎ Job 34:3.

3. figurative Prov 31:18 she tasteth that her gain is good (object clause with ‎כִּי‎), i.e. she experiences that her trade is profitable; so ‎מַעֲמוּ‎ ‎וּרְאוּ כִּיטֿוֺב יהוה‎ Ps 34:9* taste ye and see that ‎׳‎‎י‎ is good.

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