טָעַם
ṭâʻam · taw-am'
to taste; figuratively, to perceive
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to taste; figuratively, to perceive
- to taste
- figuratively, to perceive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [idiom] but, perceive, taste.
Letters
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to surround and contain › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To surround and contain that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of טָעַם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- taste4 · 36%
- tasted1 · 9%
- because i tasted1 · 9%
- i did but1 · 9%
- if i taste1 · 9%
- tasteth1 · 9%
- o taste1 · 9%
- she perceiveth1 · 9%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.