טָעַם taam
Hebrew word for “to perceive” · Strong’s H2938 · used 11 times in 10 verses
Meaning
1) to taste, perceive, eat; 1a) (Qal) to taste; Aramaic equivalent: te.am (טְעֵם "to feed" H2939)
How it is translated
Glosses given for taam in context, with how often each is used:
- tasted 3
- tastes 2
- taste 2
- certainly 1
- will taste 1
- will he taste 1
- perceives 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
1 Samuel 14 (3), 2 Samuel 3 (1), 2 Samuel 19 (1), Job 12 (1), Job 34 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Proverbs 31 (1), Jonah 3 (1)
Forms
- יטעם 3
- טעם 2
- טעמתי 2
- אטעם 1
- טעמו 1
- טעמה 1
- יטעמו 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with taam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- חֵךְ chekh “palate” 2
- בָּחַן bachan “to test” 2
- מְאוּמָה meumah “anything” 2
- יוֹנָתָן yonatan “Jonathan” 2
- מִלָּה millah “speech” 2
- דְּבַשׁ devash “honey” 2
- מְעַט meat “little” 2
- אָכַל akhal “to eat” 3
- אֹזֶן ozen “ear” 2
- שָׁתָה shatah “to drink” 2
- לֶחֶם lechem “food” 2
- שָׁאוּל shaul “Saul” 2
Key verses
The verses using taam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Samuel 14:24 — And the men of Israel were distressed that day: for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man that eateth any food until evening, that I may be…
- 1 Samuel 14:29 — Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
- 1 Samuel 14:43 — Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what thou hast done. And Jonathan told him, and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod that was in…
- 2 Samuel 3:35 — And when all the people came to cause David to eat meat while it was yet day, David sware, saying, So do God to me, and more also, if I taste bread, or ought…
- 2 Samuel 19:35 — I am this day fourscore years old: and can I discern between good and evil? can thy servant taste what I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of…
- Job 12:11 — Doth not the ear try words? and the mouth taste his meat?
- Job 34:3 — For the ear trieth words, as the mouth tasteth meat.
- Psalms 34:8 — O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.
- Proverbs 31:18 — She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night.
- Jonah 3:7 — And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock,…
See all 10 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.