hebrew #4985 - מָתַק mathoq (to become or be sweet or pleasant)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance be made, take sweet A primitive root; to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet -- be (made, X take) sweet. Englishman's Concordance 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 Part of Speech: verb A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root Same Word by TWOT Number: 1268 Brown-Driver-Briggsמָתֹקverbbecome or be sweet, pleasant (Late Hebrew מתק, especially Pi`el; Assyrian [matâ‡u] be sweet, in derivatives; Ethiopic  sweet; Aramaic  suck (with pleasure), מְתַקid., be sweet; Arabic  ( before  ) see smack the lips (with pleasure),  sweetness); — QalPerfect3masculine singular suffix מְתָקוֺJob 24:20; 3plural מָֽתְקוּJob 21:33; Imperfect3masculine plural יִמְתָּ֑קוּProverbs 9:17, וַיִמְתְּקוּExodus 15:25; — 1 literally become sweet, of water (opposed to מָרִים) Exodus 15:25 (J); are (i.e. taste) sweet, ׳מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמProverbs 9:17 (figurative of delights of illicit pleasure). 2=be pleasant, מָֽתְקוּ לוֺJob 21:33sweet (pleasant) to him are the clods of the valley (said of one resting in the grave). 3suck (Aramaic sense, compare Syriac above) מְתָקוֺ רִמָּהJob 24:20 the worm doth suck him, feast on him (on verb masculine compare Ges§ 145. 7 KöSynt. § 345 a DaSynt. § 113 (b)), Di De Buhl (compare Kau Da; also SS who render 'angenehm finden'), but this sense in Hebrew dubious; text perhaps corrupt (compare conjectures by Bu Du).Hiph`ilImperfect3feminine singular אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָהJob 20:12if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth (declarative Hiph`il); 1 plural אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סוֺדPsalm 55:15we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy. Englishman's Concordance (References)Strong's Hebrew: 4985. מָתַק (mathoq) — 5 OccurrencesExodus 15:25 Job 20:12 Job 21:33 Psalm 55:14 Proverbs 9:17 |