1) to be or become sweet or pleasing 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or become sweet 1a2) to be or become pleasant 1a3) to suck 1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste Also means: ma.taq (מָתָק "to sweeten" H4988)
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H4985 — מָתֹק
ma.taq · be sweet · Hebrew/Aramaic
6 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 15:25 · וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּThen he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;Job 20:12 · תַּמְתִּ֣יק“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,Job 21:33 · מָֽתְקוּ־The clods of the valley shall be sweet to him. All men shall draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.Job 24:20 · מְתָ֘ק֤וֹThe womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.Psalm 55:14 · נַמְתִּ֣יקWe took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.Proverbs 9:17 · יִמְתָּ֑קוּ“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”