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H2940 טַעַם (ṭaʻam) tah'-am
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 2938; properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate

KJV Usage: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

טַ֫עַם (ta.am) — taste. 1) taste, judgment 1a) taste 1b) judgment (fig.) 1c) decision, decree

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m · טעם

Taste

taste = the flavor characteristics of certain types of food

EXO 16:31 · NUM 11:8 · NUM 11:8 · JOB 6:6 · JER 48:11

Wise | ≈ דַּעַת

good sense, discernment literally: (good) taste; hence: = state in which humans act with good judgment

1SA 25:33 · JOB 12:20 · PSA 119:66 · PRO 11:22 · PRO 26:16

Foolish

Collocation: שׁנה טַעַם

to act insane literally: to change one's good sense; hence: = action by which humans act as if they lack good judgement

1SA 21:14 · PSA 34:1

noun m

Laws

order, decree = an official statement that obliges people to behave according to its rules or directives

JON 3:7

Timothy L. Wilt; Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

טַ֫עַם n.m. taste, judgment base

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