Lexical Definition

‎מָתוֹק‎ mâthôwq (maw-thoke') sweet ^H:A
or מָתוּק mâthûwq (mawthook'); from ‎מָתַק‎

sweet(-er, -ness).

• sweet

adj
1) sweet
n m
2) sweetness, pleasant (thing)

See Greek: γλυκύς

Extended Information

• adj
• n m

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָתוֺק‎ adjective sweet, and noun [masculine] sweetness (on form see Lag ^{BN 30, 60}, compare Ba^{NB 13, 36}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 14:14 + 9 t.; feminine ‎מְתוּקָה‎ Eccl 5:11* plural ‎מְתוּקִים‎ Ps 19:11* —

1. sweet, of honey Judg 14:14 (where ‎׳‎‎מ‎ = substantive a sweet thing), vJudg 14:18 (both Samson's riddle), Prov 24:13 so = sweetness, Ezek 3:3 more generally, ‎׳‎‎כָּלמַֿר מ‎ Prov 27:7 every bitter thing is sweet to one hungry; figurative Ps 19:11* (God's commandments, sweeter than honey), compare Prov 16:24 (simile of pleasant words) ‎לְחִכִּי‎ ‎׳‎‎וּפִרְיוֺ מ‎ Song 2:3 (i.e his caresses); ‎לְמָ֑ר‎ ‎׳‎‎וּמ‎ ‎׳‎‎שָׂמִים מַר לְמ‎ Isa 5:20 making bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter (obscuring moral distinctions; || ‎הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טוֺב וְלַטּוֺב רָ֑ע‎).

2. = pleasant, sleep of the toiler Eccl 5:11* light Eccl 1:17 (|| ‎טוֺב לַעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֺת אֶתהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ‎).

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