Hebrew verb · H2938
טָעַם
taamtaw-am'
to perceive
11 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ṭâʻam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2938is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2938
to taste; figuratively, to perceive
The King James renders it: [idiom] but, perceive, taste.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
taam is rendered "to perceive". It stands 11 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 14:24Now 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.
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
Now 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.
1 Samuel 14:24טָעַ֥ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- I tasted2
- it tastes2
- certainly to taste1
- I will taste1
- it tasted1
- she perceives1
- taste1
- they taste1
- will he taste1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 11, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֶטְעַם־1
- טָעַ֥ם1
- טָעֹ֨ם1
- טָ֭עֲמָה1
- טַעֲמ֣וּ1
- טָעַ֔מְתִּי1
- טָעַ֜מְתִּי1
- יִטְעַ֤ם1
- יִטְעַ֥ם1
- יִטְעַם־1
- יִטְעֲמוּ֙1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singular2HVqp1cs
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singular1HVqi1cs
- verb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVqj3mp
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singular1HVqp3fs
- verb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singular1HVqp3ms
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural1HVqv2mp
1 Samuel
four uses
Now 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.
- טָעַ֥םtaamverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it tasted
“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.
- טָעַ֔מְתִּיtaamtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I tasted
“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?”
- טָעֹ֨םtaomverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to taste
- טָעַ֜מְתִּיtaamtiverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I tasted
2 Samuel
two uses
Then 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!”
- אֶטְעַם־ʾetam-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 1st person common singulartagged: I will taste
I 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?
- יִטְעַ֤םyitamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: will he taste
Job
two uses
Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
- יִטְעַם־yitam-verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it tastes
For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
- יִטְעַ֥םyitamverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: it tastes
Psalms
one use
Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
- טַעֲמ֣וּtaamuverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: taste
Proverbs
one use
She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
- טָ֭עֲמָהtaamahverb · simple (qal), qatal (perfect) · 3rd person feminine singulartagged: she perceives
Jonah
one use
Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.
- יִטְעֲמוּ֙yitamuverb · simple (qal), jussive (“let him”) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they taste
The letters
Gematria 119· 679 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.