STRONGS NUMBER H2938

H2938. taam

טָעַם‎ verb taste, perceive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , טְעֵים‎ taste; Assyrian noun ‰êmû, sense, command, Zim^{BP 92} Lyon^{Sargontexte 67} Asrb^{Annals iii, 95}; Arabic eat, taste, examine by tasting; Ethiopic taste, examine by tasting, etc.) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ט‎ 1 Samuel 14:24; 3feminine singular טָֽעֲמָה‎ Proverbs 31:18; 1singular טָעַמְתִּי‎ 1 Samuel 14:29, 43; Imperfect3masculine singular יִטְעַם‎ 1 Samuel 19:36 2t.; 1 singular אֶטְעַם‎ 2 Samuel 3:35; 3masculine plural יִטְעֲמוּ‎ Jonah 3:7; Imperative masculine plural טַעֲמוּ‎ Psalm 34:9; Infinitive absolute טָעֹם‎ 1 Samuel 14:13; —

1 taste, of eating in small quantity, followed by accusative לָ֑חֶם‎ 1 Samuel 14:24, דְּבַשׁ מְעַט‎ 14:29, so 14:43 (טָעַמְתִּי טָעִם‎); כָלמְֿאוּמָה אוֺ לֶחֶם‎ 2 Samuel 3:35; מְאוּמָה‎ Jonah 3:7.

2 of sense of taste, object אֶשְׁתֶּה וְאֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֹכַל אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר‎ 2 Samuel 19:36; so יִטְעַםלֿוֺ אֹכֶל חֵךְ‎ Job 12:11; לֶאֱכֹל יִטְעַם חֵךְ‎ 34:3.

3 figurative Proverbs 31:18 she tasteth that her gain is good (object clause with כִּי‎), i.e. she experiences that her trade is profitable; so יהוה כִּיטֿוֺב וּרְאוּ מַעֲמוּ‎ Psalm 34:9 taste ye and see that ׳י‎ is good.