מַטְעַם
maṭʻam · mat-am'
a delicacy
Lexicon
Derivation: or (feminine) מַטְעַמָּה; from H2938 (טָעַם);
a delicacy
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: dainty (meat), savoury meat.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- 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)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to surround and contain › to see and know › water, chaos, the mighty deep
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to surround and contain that works to see and know of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַטְעַם 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- me savoury meat2 · 25%
- savoury meat2 · 25%
- them savoury meat1 · 13%
- the savoury meat1 · 13%
- of his dainties1 · 13%
- thou his dainty meats1 · 13%
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.