Word Study · Strong's H2940 · Hebrew
טַעַם
taam
tah'-am
Strong's 1890 spelling: ṭaʻam
“properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
Rendered in the KJV as
advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
- 12occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 8 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 12 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- טָֽעַם׃2
- טַעְמוֹ֙2
- וְטַ֖עַם1
- וְטַעְמ֖וֹ1
- טַ֣עַם1
- טַ֝֗עַם1
- טַעְמ֔וֹ1
- טַעְמֵ֖ךְ1
- כְּטַ֖עַם1
- מִטַּ֧עַם1
How it is rendered · 10
- of discernment2
- taste its2
- and [the] discernment of1
- and taste its1
- discernment1
- discernment your1
- from [the] decree of1
- like [the] taste of1
- sense his1
- taste1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 6
- noun · masculine singular4
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNcmsa · 4
- HNcmsc/Sp3ms · 3
- HR/Ncmsc · 2
- HC/Ncmsc · 1
- HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms · 1
- HNcmsc/Sp2fs · 1
All 12, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Numbers carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 11:8טַעְמ֔וֹta'monoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.here: taste its
- Numbers 11:8כְּטַ֖עַםketaampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The people walked around and gathered it, ground it on a handmill or crushed it in a mortar, then boiled it in a cooking pot or shaped it into cakes. It tasted like pastry baked with fine oil.here: like [the] taste of
1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 21:13טַעְמוֹ֙ta'monoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.here: sense his
- 1 Samuel 25:33טַעְמֵ֖ךְta'mekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularBlessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.here: discernment your
Job2 occurrences
- Job 6:6טַ֝֗עַםtaamnoun · masculine singularIs tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?here: taste
- Job 12:20וְטַ֖עַםvetaamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.here: and [the] discernment of
Psalms1 occurrence
Proverbs2 occurrences
Same headword in Strong's