טָעַם ṭâʻam

Meaning

to taste; figuratively, to perceive

In the King James Version: [idiom] but, perceive, taste.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• 1 Samuel 14:24 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 14:29 “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.
• 1 Samuel 14:43 “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?”
• 2 Samuel 3:35 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!”
• 2 Samuel 19:35 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?
• Job 12:11 Does not the ear test words as the tongue tastes its food?
• Job 34:3 For the ear tests words as the mouth tastes food.
• Psalms 34:8 Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
• Proverbs 31:18 She sees that her gain is good, and her lamp is not extinguished at night.
• Jonah 3:7 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.