טַעַם taam

Hebrew word for “taste” · Strong’s H2940 · used 13 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

1) taste, judgment; 1a) taste; 1b) judgment (fig.); 1c) decision, decree

How it is translated

Glosses given for taam in context, with how often each is used:

• discernment 5
• taste 4
• sense 2
• like the taste 1
• decree 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 16 (1), Numbers 11 (1), 1 Samuel 21 (1), 1 Samuel 25 (1), Job 6 (1), Job 12 (1), Psalms 34 (1), Psalms 119 (1), Proverbs 11 (1), Proverbs 26 (1)

Forms

• טעמו 4
• טעם 4
• וטעמו 1
• כטעם 1
• טעמך 1
• וטעם 1
• מטעם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with taam more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• רִיר rir “spittle” 2
• שָׁנָה shanah “to change” 2
• אָמַן aman “be faithful” 2
• סוּר sur “to turn aside” 2
• בָּרַךְ barakh “to bless” 2
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 2
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 2

Key verses

The verses using taam that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 16:31 — And the house of Israel called the name thereof Manna: and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey.
• Numbers 11:8 — And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was…
• 1 Samuel 21:13 — And he changed his behaviour before them, and feigned himself mad in their hands, and scrabbled on the doors of the gate, and let his spittle fall down upon…
• 1 Samuel 25:33 — And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.
• Job 6:6 — Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
• Job 12:20 — He removeth away the speech of the trusty, and taketh away the understanding of the aged.
• Psalms 34:1 — [A Psalm of David, when he changed his behaviour before Abimelech; who drove him away, and he departed.] I will bless the LORD at all times: his praise shall…
• Psalms 119:66 — Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments.
• Proverbs 11:22 — As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
• Proverbs 26:16 — The sluggard is wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.
• Jeremiah 48:11 — Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity:…
• 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,…

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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.