טָעַם verb taste, perceive (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic , טְעֵים taste; Assyrian noun ‰êmû, sense, command, Zim^{BP 92} Lyon^{Sargontexte 67} Asrb^{Annals iii, 95}; Arabic eat, taste, examine by tasting; Ethiopic taste, examine by tasting, etc.) —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular ׳ט 1 Samuel 14:24; 3feminine singular טָֽעֲמָה Proverbs 31:18; 1singular טָעַמְתִּי 1 Samuel 14:29,43; Imperfect3masculine singular יִטְעַם 1 Samuel 19:36 2t.; 1 singular אֶטְעַם 2 Samuel 3:35; 3masculine plural יִטְעֲמוּ Jonah 3:7; Imperative masculine plural טַעֲמוּ Psalm 34:9; Infinitive absolute טָעֹם 1 Samuel 14:13; —

1 taste, of eating in small quantity, followed by accusative לָ֑חֶם 1 Samuel 14:24, מְעַט דְּבַשׁ 1 Samuel 14:29, so 1 Samuel 14:43 (טָעִם טָעַמְתִּי); לֶחֶם אוֺ כָלמְֿאוּמָה 2 Samuel 3:35; מְאוּמָה Jonah 3:7.

2 of sense of taste, object אֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֹכַל וְאֶתאֲֿשֶׁר אֶשְׁתֶּה 2 Samuel 19:36; so חֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַםלֿוֺ Job 12:11; חֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל Job 34:3.

3 figurative Proverbs 31:18 she tasteth that her gain is good (object clause with כִּי), i.e. she experiences that her trade is profitable; so מַעֲמוּ וּרְאוּ כִּיטֿוֺב יהוה Psalm 34:9 taste ye and see that ׳י is good.



but, perceive, taste

A primitive root; to taste; figuratively, to perceive -- X but, perceive, taste.

אֶטְעַם־ אטעם־ טַעֲמ֣וּ טָ֭עֲמָה טָעַ֔מְתִּי טָעַ֜מְתִּי טָעַ֥ם טָעֹ֨ם טעם טעמה טעמו טעמתי יִטְעֲמוּ֙ יִטְעַ֤ם יִטְעַ֥ם יִטְעַם־ יטעם יטעם־ יטעמו ’eṭ‘am- ’eṭ·‘am- etam ṭā‘am ṭā‘ămāh ṭā‘amtî ṭa‘ămū ṭā‘ōm ṭā·‘ă·māh ṭa·‘ă·mū ṭā·‘am ṭā·‘am·tî ṭā·‘ōm taAm Taamah taAmti taaMu taOm yiṭ‘am yiṭ‘am- yiṭ‘ămū yiṭ·‘ă·mū yiṭ·‘am yiṭ·‘am- yitAm yitaMu