Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to taste; figuratively, to perceive
KJV Usage: X but, perceive, taste
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
טָעַם (ta.am) — to perceive. 1) to taste, perceive, eat 1a) (Qal) to taste Aramaic equivalent: te.am (טְעֵם "to feed" H2939)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · טַעַם · מַטְעַמִּים
Taste | verb qal
to taste = process by which the flavor of food is perceived, when eating
Ingest | verb qal
to taste, to eat = action by which someone consumes food
1SA 14:24 · 1SA 14:29 · 1SA 14:43 · 1SA 14:43 · 2SA 3:35 · JON 3:7
Ingest | verb pa
to feed = causative action by which humans give animals food to eat
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
טָעַם vb. taste, perceive base