Lexical Definition

‎מָתַק‎ mâthaq (maw-thak') be sweet ^H:V
a primitive root

be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.

• to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet

1) to be or become sweet or pleasing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or become sweet
1a2) to be or become pleasant
1a3) to suck
1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste

Extended Information

• Also means: ma.taq (‎מ‎ָ‎ת‎ָ‎ק‎ "to sweeten" מָתָק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מָתֹק‎ verb become or be sweet, pleasant (Late Hebrew ‎מתק‎, especially Pi`el; Assyrian [matâ‡u] be sweet, in derivatives; Ethiopic sweet; Aramaic suck (with pleasure), ‎מְתַק‎ id., be sweet; Arabic ( before ) see smack the lips (with pleasure), sweetness); —

Qal Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix ‎מְתָקוֺ‎ Job 24:20 3 plural ‎מָֽתְקוּ‎ Job 21:33 Imperfect 3 masculine plural ‎יִמְתָּ֑קוּ‎ Prov 9:17, ‎וַיִמְתְּקוּ‎ Exod 15:25 —

1. literally become sweet, of water (opposed to ‎מָרִים‎) Exod 15:25 (J); are (i.e. taste) sweet, ‎׳‎‎מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ‎ Prov 9:17 (figurative of delights of illicit pleasure).

2. = be pleasant, ‎מָֽתְקוּ לוֺ‎ Job 21:33 sweet (pleasant) to him are the clods of the valley (said of one resting in the grave).

3. suck (Aramaic sense, compare Syriac above) ‎מְתָקוֺ רִמָּה‎ Job 24:20 the worm doth suck him, feast on him (on verb masculine compare Ges^{«GKC:145»§ 145}. 7 Kö^{Synt. § 345 a} Da^{Synt. § 113} (b)), Di De Buhl (compare Kau Da; also SS who render 'angenehm finden'), but this sense in Hebrew dubious; text perhaps corrupt (compare conjectures by Bu Du). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 feminine singular ‎אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה‎ Job 20:12 if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth (declarative Hiph`il); 1 plural ‎אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סוֺד‎ Ps 55:15* we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.

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