טַעַם
ṭaʻam · tah'-am
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2938 (טָעַם);
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
- properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception
- by implication, intelligence
- transitively, a mandate
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
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 טַעַם 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
13 occurrences · 13 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- his behaviour2 · 15%
- and the taste1 · 8%
- of it: and the taste1 · 8%
- of it was as the taste1 · 8%
- be thy advice1 · 8%
- any taste1 · 8%
- the understanding1 · 8%
- judgment1 · 8%
- discretion1 · 8%
- a reason1 · 8%
- therefore his taste1 · 8%
- by the decree1 · 8%
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.