Strong's Definition
a primitive root; to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
KJV Usage: be (made, X take) sweet
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
מָתֹק (ma.taq) — be sweet. 1) to be or become sweet or pleasing 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or become sweet 1a2) to be or become pleasant 1a3) to suck 1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste Also means: ma.taq (מָתָק "to sweeten" H4988)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · מַמְתַקִּים · מָתֹוק · מָתֵק · מֹתֶק · מִתְקָה
Good | verb qal | ≈ נעם
to taste good, to be sweet = state in which food tastes well
1 JOB 24:20 MT HOTTP-A NIV NJPS NRSV GNT CEV | REB "to suck dry" | RSV מְקֹמֹו = מָקֹום
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[מָתֹק] vb. become or be sweet, pleasant Qal lit. become sweet
= be pleasant
suck
Hiph. if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth; we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.
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