Hebrew noun (masculine) · H2940
טַעַם
taamtah'-am
taste
12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ṭaʻam
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2940is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 10spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2940
properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
The King James renders it: advice, behaviour, decree, discretion, judgment, reason, taste, understanding.
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 "taste". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Two of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 16:31Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
- The Greek text spells it ten different ways.
The first use
Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
Exodus 16:31וְטַעְמ֖וֹ
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
- of discernment2
- taste its2
- and discernment of1
- and taste its1
- discernment1
- discernment your1
- from decree of1
- like taste of1
- sense his1
- 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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| טַעַם | taam | account | Uses2 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 12, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
10 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
- טָֽעַם׃2
- טַעְמוֹ֙2
- וְטַ֖עַם1
- וְטַעְמ֖וֹ1
- טַ֣עַם1
- טַ֝֗עַם1
- טַעְמ֔וֹ1
- טַעְמֵ֖ךְ1
- כְּטַ֖עַם1
- מִטַּ֧עַם1
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular4HNcmsa
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular3HNcmsc/Sp3ms
- preposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2HR/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/Ncmsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms
- noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HNcmsc/Sp2fs
Exodus
one use
Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey.
- וְטַעְמ֖וֹveta'moconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and taste its
Numbers
two uses
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.
- טַעְמ֔וֹta'monoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: taste its
- כְּטַ֖עַםketaampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: like taste of
1 Samuel
two uses
So 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.
- טַעְמוֹ֙ta'monoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: sense his
Blessed is your discernment, and blessed are you, because today you kept me from bloodshed and from avenging myself by my own hand.
- טַעְמֵ֖ךְta'mekhnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: discernment your
Job
two uses
Is tasteless food eaten without salt, or is there flavor in the white of an egg?
- טַ֝֗עַםtaamnoun · masculine singulartagged: taste
He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- וְטַ֖עַםvetaamconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and discernment of
Psalms
one use
Teach me good judgment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.
- טַ֣עַםtaamnoun · masculine singulartagged: discernment
Proverbs
two uses
Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.
- טָֽעַם׃taamnoun · masculine singulartagged: of discernment
The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
- טָֽעַם׃taamnoun · masculine singulartagged: of discernment
Jeremiah
one use
Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged.
- טַעְמוֹ֙ta'monoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: taste its
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.
- מִטַּ֧עַםmitaampreposition + noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: from decree of
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.