Word Study · Strong's H2938 · Hebrew
טָעַם
taam
taw-am'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ṭâʻam
“to taste”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to taste; figuratively, to perceive
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] but, perceive, taste.
- 11occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 11 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- אֶטְעַם־1
- טָעַ֥ם1
- טָעֹ֨ם1
- טָ֭עֲמָה1
- טַעֲמ֣וּ1
- טָעַ֔מְתִּי1
- טָעַ֜מְתִּי1
- יִטְעַ֤ם1
- יִטְעַ֥ם1
- יִטְעַם־1
- יִטְעֲמוּ֙1
How it is rendered · 9
- I tasted2
- it tastes2
- certainly to taste1
- I will taste1
- it tasted1
- she perceives1
- taste1
- they taste1
- will he taste1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 8
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular3
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular2
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular1
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person feminine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular1
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HVqi3ms · 3
- HVqp1cs · 2
- HVqaa · 1
- HVqi1cs · 1
- HVqj3mp · 1
- HVqp3fs · 1
- HVqp3ms · 1
- HVqv2mp · 1
All 11, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel4 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 14:24טָעַ֥םtaamverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularNow the men of Israel were in distress that day, for Saul had placed the troops under an oath, saying, “Cursed is the man who eats any food before evening, before I have taken vengeance on my enemies.” So none of the troops tasted any food.here: it tasted
- 1 Samuel 14:29טָעַ֔מְתִּיtaamtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“My father has brought trouble to the land,” Jonathan replied. “Just look at how my eyes have brightened because I tasted a little of this honey.here: I tasted
- 1 Samuel 14:43טָעֹ֨םtaomverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”here: certainly to taste
- 1 Samuel 14:43טָעַ֜מְתִּיtaamtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular“Tell me what you have done,” Saul commanded him. So Jonathan told him, “I only tasted a little honey with the end of the staff that was in my hand. And now I must die?”here: I tasted
2 Samuel2 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 3:35אֶטְעַם־ʾetam-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularThen all the people came and urged David to eat something while it was still day, but David took an oath, saying, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if I taste bread or anything else before the sun sets!”here: I will taste
- 2 Samuel 19:35יִטְעַ֤םyitamverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularI am now eighty years old. Can I discern what is good and what is not? Can your servant taste what he eats or drinks? Can I still hear the voice of singing men and women? Why should your servant be an added burden to my lord the king?here: will he taste
Job2 occurrences
- Job 12:11יִטְעַם־yitam-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularDoes not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?here: it tastes
- Job 34:3יִטְעַ֥םyitamverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularFor the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.here: it tastes