מָתַק
mâthaq · maw-thak'
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › the mark, the covenant sign › what comes behind, the returning cycle
Water, chaos, the mighty deep of the mark, the covenant sign of what comes behind, the returning cycle.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מָתַק 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
6 occurrences · 6 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- were made sweet1 · 20%
- be sweet1 · 20%
- shall be sweet1 · 20%
- we took sweet1 · 20%
- are sweet1 · 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.