Lexicon taam: to taste, perceive Original Word: טָעַםPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: taam Phonetic Spelling: (taw-am') Short Definition: taste NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto taste, perceive NASB Translationindeed tasted (1), senses (1), taste (4), tasted (2), tastes (2).
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 Perfect3masculine singular ׳ט 1 Samuel 14:24; 3feminine singular טָֽעֲמָה Proverbs 31:18; 1singular טָעַמְתִּי 1 Samuel 14:29,43; Imperfect3masculine singular יִטְעַם 1 Samuel 19:36 2t.; 1 singular אֶטְעַם 2 Samuel 3:35; 3masculine plural יִטְעֲמוּ Jonah 3:7; Imperative masculine plural טַעֲמוּ Psalm 34:9; Infinitive absolute טָעֹם 1 Samuel 14:13; — 1 taste, of eating in small quantity, followed by accusative לָ֑חֶם 1 Samuel 14:24, מְעַט דְּבַשׁ 1 Samuel 14:29, so 1 Samuel 14:43 (טָעִם טָעַמְתִּי); לֶחֶם אוֺ כָלמְֿאוּמָה 2 Samuel 3:35; מְאוּמָה Jonah 3:7. 2 of sense of taste, object אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֹכַל וְאֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֶשְׁתֶּה 2 Samuel 19:36; so חֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַםלֿוֺ Job 12:11; חֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל Job 34:3. 3 figurative Proverbs 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 Psalm 34:9 taste ye and see that ׳י is good.
Strong's but, perceive, taste A primitive root; to taste; figuratively, to perceive -- X but, perceive, taste. |
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