טַעַם
ṭaʻam · tah'-am
properly, a taste, i.e. ajudicial sentence
Lexicon
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H2939 (טְעַם); compare H2940 (טַעַם))
properly, a taste, i.e. ajudicial sentence
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: account, [idiom] to be commanded, commandment, matter.
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
2 occurrences · 2 OT · 0 NT · 2 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- another commandment1 · 20%
- the matter1 · 20%
- to the commandment1 · 20%
- is commanded by1 · 20%
- accounts1 · 20%
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.