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H4988 מָתָק (mâthâq) maw-thawk'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

from 4985; a dainty, i.e. (generally) food

KJV Usage: feed sweetly

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מָתָק (ma.taq) — to sweeten. (Qal) to feed sweetly Another spelling of ma.taq (מָתֹק "be sweet" H4985)

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

EXO 15:25 · JOB 24:20 · PRO 9:17

Well | verb hif

to be pleasant = state in which an event is pleasant

JOB 20:12 · JOB 21:33 · PSA 55:15

1 JOB 24:20 MT HOTTP-A NIV NJPS NRSV GNT CEV | REB "to suck dry" | RSV מְקֹמֹו = מָקֹום

Reinier de Blois

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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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