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Strong's #4985 - מָתַק

Transliteration
mâthaq
Phonetics
maw-thak'
Origin
a primitive root
Parts of Speech
Verb
TWOT
1268
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מָתֵק
Definition   
Brown-Driver-Briggs'

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

Frequency Lists
Verse Results
KJV (5)
Exodus 1
Job 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
NAS (10)
Exodus 2
Job 5
Psalms 2
Proverbs 1
HCS (6)
Exodus 1
Job 3
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
BSB (5)
Exodus 1
Job 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
ESV (4)
Job 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
WEB (5)
Exodus 1
Job 2
Psalms 1
Proverbs 1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2364) qtm (מתק MTQ) AC: ? CO: Sweet AB: ?

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

Nm) qtm (מתק MTQ) - Sweetness: KJV (2): sweetness - Strongs: H4986 (מָתֵק)

am) qtmm (ממתק MMTQ) - Sweet: KJV (2): sweet - Strongs: H4477 (מַמְתַקִּים)

cm) qftm (מתוק MTWQ) - Sweet: KJV (12): sweetness, sweeter, sweet - Strongs: H4966 (מָתוּק)

dm) qftm (מתוק MTWQ) - Sweet: KJV (12): sweeter, sweet, sweetness - Strongs: H4966 (מָתוּק)

gm) qtfm (מותק MWTQ) - Sweetness: KJV (1): sweetness - Strongs: H4987 (מֹתֶק)

AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2024
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
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 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.


Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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
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