Lexical Definition

‎טַעַם‎ ṭaʻam (tah'-am) taste ^H:N-M
from ‎טָעַם‎

advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.

• properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception
• by implication, intelligence
• transitively, a mandate

1) taste, judgment
1a) taste
1b) judgment (fig.)
1c) decision, decree

See Greek: γνώμη · ἡδονή · λόγος · παιδεία · σύνεσις · τρόπος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎טַ֫עַם‎ noun masculine^{Jer 48:11} taste, judegement — ‎׳‎‎ט‎ absolute Job 6:6; Ps 119:66 ‎טָ֑עַם‎ Prov 11:22; Prov 26:16 construct ‎טַעַם‎ Num 11:8 + 2 t.; suffix ‎טַעְמוֺ‎ Exod 16:31 + 4 t.; ‎טַעְמֵךְ‎ 1Sam 25:33 —

1. taste of manna Exod 16:31 (P), Num 11:8 (JE), compare vNum 11:8 in juice of purslain Job 6:6 of Moab under figure of wine Jer 48:11 (|| ‎רֵיחַ‎).

2. figurative judgement, discretion, discernment, 1Sam 25:33; Prov 11:22; Job 12:20, so ‎טוּב טַעַם וָדַעַת לַמְּדֵנִי‎ Ps 119:66 ‎׳‎‎מְשִׁיבֵי ט‎ Prov 26:16 those answering discretion, i.e. discreetly: ‎שׁנה‎ ‎טעם‎ change, disguise one's judgement, sense 1Sam 21:13*; Ps 34:1*, of David feigning madness.

3. (late Aramaism, compare Dan 3:10 etc.) decision, decree ‎טַעַם מֶלָךְ וּגְּדֹלָיו‎ Jonah 3:7.

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