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Lexicon :: Strong's H2940 - ṭaʿam

Aa
טַעַם
Transliteration
ṭaʿam
Pronunciation
tah'-am
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 815a

Strong’s Definitions

טַעַם ṭaʻam, tah'-am; from H2938; properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate:—advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x

The KJV translates Strong's H2940 in the following manner: taste (5x), behaviour (2x), advice (1x), understanding (1x), judgment (1x), discretion (1x), reason (1x), decree (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 13x
The KJV translates Strong's H2940 in the following manner: taste (5x), behaviour (2x), advice (1x), understanding (1x), judgment (1x), discretion (1x), reason (1x), decree (1x).

  1. taste, judgment

    1. taste

    2. judgment (fig.)

    3. decision, decree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
טַעַם ṭaʻam, tah'-am; from H2938; properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate:—advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
STRONGS H2940: Abbreviations
† טַ֫עַם noun masculineJeremiah 48:11 taste, judgment — ט׳ absolute Job 6:6; Psalm 119:66; טָ֑עַם Proverbs 11:22; Proverbs 26:16; construct טַעַם Numbers 11:8 + 2 times; suffix טַעְמוֺ Exodus 16:31 + 4 times; טַעְמֵךְ 1 Samuel 25:33; —
1. taste of manna Exodus 16:31 (P), Numbers 11:8 (JE), compare Numbers 11:8; in juice of purslain Job 6:6; of Moab under figure of wine Jeremiah 48:11 (|| רֵיחַ).
2. figurative judgement, discretion, discernment, 1 Samuel 25:33; Proverbs 11:22 Job 12:20, so טוּב טַעַם וָדַעַת לַמְּדֵנִי Psalm 119:66; מְשִׁיבֵי ט׳ Proverbs 26:16 those answering discretion, i.e. discreetly: שׁנה טעם change, disguise one's judgement, sense 1 Samuel 21:13; Psalm 34:1, of David feigning madness.
3. (late Aramaism, compare Daniel 3:10 etc.) decision, decree טַעַם מֶלָךְ וּגְּדֹלָיו Jonah 3:7.

See related Aramaic BDB entries H2941, H2942.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

16:31; 16:31

Numbers

11:8; 11:8; 11:8

1 Samuel

21:13; 25:33; 25:33

Job

6:6; 6:6; 12:20

Psalms

34:1; 119:66; 119:66

Proverbs

11:22; 11:22; 26:16; 26:16

Jeremiah

48:11; 48:11

Daniel

3:10

Jonah

3:7

H2940

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2940 matches the Hebrew טַעַם (ṭaʿam),
which occurs 13 times in 12 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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And the house H1004 of Israel H3478 named H7121 H8034 the bread [fn]manna H4478, and it was like coriander H1407 seed H2233, white H3836, and its taste H2940 was like wafers H6838 with honey H1706.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:8 - The people H5971 would roam H7751 about H7751 and gather H3950 it and grind H2912 it [fn]between two millstones H7347, or H176 pound H1743 it in the mortar H4085, and boil H1310 it in the pot H6517 and make H6213 loaves H5692 with it; and its taste H2940 was like the taste H2940 of [fn]cake H3955 baked with oil H8081.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 21:13 - So he disguised H8132 his sanity H2940 while in their sight H5869 and acted H1984 insanely H1984 in their [fn]custody H3027, and he scribbled H8427 on the doors H1817 of the gate H8179, and drooled H3381 H7388 on his beard H2206.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:33 - and blessed H1288 be your discernment H2940, and blessed H1288 be you, who H834 have kept H3607 me this H2088 day H3117 from [fn]bloodshed H935 H1818 and from [fn]avenging H3467 myself by my own hand H3027.

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“Can something H8602 tasteless H8602 be eaten H398 without H1097 salt H4417,

Or H518 is H3426 there H3426 any H3426 taste H2940 in the [fn]juice H7388 of an alkanet H2495 plant?

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“He deprives H5493 the trusted H539 ones of speech H8193,

And takes H3947 away the discernment H2940 of the elders H2205.

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A Psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before [fn]Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

I will bless H1288 the LORD H3068 at all H3605 times H6256;

His praise H8416 shall continually H8548 be in my mouth H6310.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:66

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Teach H3925 me good H2898 [fn]discernment H2940 and knowledge H1847,

For I believe H539 in Your commandments H4687.

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As a ring H5141 of gold H2091 in a pig’s H2386 snout H639

So is a beautiful H3303 woman H802 who lacks H5493 discretion H2940.

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A lazy H6102 one H6102 is wiser H2450 in his own eyes H5869

Than H4480 seven H7651 people who can [fn]give H7725 a discreet H2940 answer H7725.

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“Moab H4124 has been H7599 at H7599 ease H7599 since H4480 his youth H5271;

He has also been H8252 peaceful H8252, like wine on [fn]its dregs H8105,

And he has not been poured H7324 from vessel H3627 to vessel H3627,

Nor H3808 has he gone H1980 into exile H1473.

Therefore H5921 H3651 [fn]he retains H5975 his flavor H2940,

And his aroma H7381 has not changed H4171.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJon 3:7 - And he issued H2199 a H2199 proclamation H2199, and it said H559, “In Nineveh H5210 by the decree H2940 of the king H4428 and his nobles H1419: No H408 person H120, animal H929, herd H1241, or flock H6629 is to taste H2938 anything H3972. They are not to eat H7462, or drink H8354 water H4325.
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