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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #4985 - מָתַק

Transliteration

mâthaq

Phonetics

maw-thak'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1268

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to be or become sweet or pleasing
1. (Qal)
  1. to be or become sweet
  2. to be or become pleasant
  3. to suck
2. (Hiphil) to give sweet taste

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (5)

Exodus 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

BSB (6)

Exodus 1

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

CSB (5)

Exodus 1

Job 3

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

ESV (5)

Exodus 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

KJV (5)

Exodus 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LEB (5)

Exodus 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

LSB (10)

Exodus 2

Job 5

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

N95 (8)

Exodus 2

Job 5

Proverbs 1

NAS (11)

Exodus 2

Job 5

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Exodus 1

Job 2

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

ASV (5)

are sweet 1

be sweet 1

shall be sweet 1

we took sweet 1

were made sweet 1

BSB (6)

are sweet 1

feeds on them 1

is sweet 2

shared sweet 1

were sweetened 1

CSB (5)

drinkable 1

is sweet 2

sweet 1

them 1

ESV (5)

became sweet 1

sweet 4

KJV (5)

sweet 5

LEB (5)

are sweet 1

are sweet to him 1

became sweet 1

tastes sweet 1

would take sweet counsel 1

LSB (10)

became 1

cover 1

feasts 1

gently 1

had 1

sweet 4

sweetly 1

N95 (8)

became 1

cover 1

feeds 1

gently 1

sweet 3

sweetly 1

NAS (11)

became 1

cover 1

feeds 1

gently 1

had 1

sweet 4

sweetly 1

tastes 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

is sweet 2

shall be sweet 1

we took sweet 1

were made sweet 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2364) q t m (מתק MTQ) AC: ? CO: Sweet AB: ?

V) q t m (מתק MTQ) - Sweet: KJV (6): (vf: Paal, Hiphil) sweet - Strongs: H4985 (מָתַק), H4988 (מָתַק)

N^m) q t m (מתק MTQ) - Sweetness: KJV (2): sweetness - Strongs: H4986 (מָתֵק)

a^m) q t m m (ממתק MMTQ) - Sweet: KJV (2): sweet - Strongs: H4477 (מַמְתַקִּים)

c^m) q f t m (מתוק MTWQ) - Sweet: KJV (12): sweetness, sweeter, sweet - Strongs: H4966 (מָתוּק)

d^m) q f t m (מתוק MTWQ) - Sweet: KJV (12): sweeter, sweet, sweetness - Strongs: H4966 (מָתוּק)

g^m) q t f m (מותק MWTQ) - Sweetness: KJV (1): sweetness - Strongs: H4987 (מֹתֶק)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

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 Proverbs 9:17, וַיִמְתְּקוּ Exodus 15:25; —
1 literally become sweet, of water (opposed to מָרִים) Exodus 15:25 (J); are (i.e. taste) sweet, ׳מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ Proverbs 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^{§ 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 Psalm 55:15 we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

מָתַק fut. יִמְתַּק.

(1) i.q. Syr. to suck, to eat with pleasure (compare מָצַץ); Job 24:20, מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה “the worm shall feed sweetly upon him.”

(2) to be or become sweet, sweet things being commonly sucked, Proverbs 9:17; Exodus 15:25. Metaph. Job 21:33, מָֽתְקוּ לוֹ רִגְבֵי נָֽחַל “the clods of the valley are sweet to him,” the earth is light upon him.

Hiphil

(1) to render sweet or pleasant. Metaph. Psalms 55:15, אַשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיקסוֹד “(we) who made sweet together familiar conversation,” i.e. who, as being familiar friends, held sweet discourse.

(2) intrans. to be sweet (pr. to cause sweetness, see Gramm. § 52. 2), Job 20:12.

Deriv. מַמְתַּקִּים [and the following words].

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List of Word Forms

וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ וימתקו יִמְתָּ֑קוּ ימתקו מָֽתְקוּ־ מתקו־ נַמְתִּ֣יק נמתיק תַּמְתִּ֣יק תמתיק mā·ṯə·qū- mateku māṯəqū- nam·tîq namTik namtîq tam·tîq tamTik tamtîq vaiyimteKu way·yim·tə·qū wayyimtəqū yim·tā·qū yimTaku yimtāqū