sweetness
)
;—
Qal
Pf.
3
ms. sf.
מְתָקֹו
Jb 24:2
0;
3
pl.
מָֽתְקוּ
21:3
3;
Impf.
3
mpl.
יִמְתָּ˜קוּ
Pr 9:1
7,
וַיִּמְתְּקוּ
Ex 15:2
5;—
1.
lit.
become sweet
, of water (
opp.
מָרִים
)
15:25
(
J
);
are
(i.e. taste)
sweet
,
מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ׳
Pr 9:17
(
fig.
of delights of illicit pleasure).
2.
=
be pleasant
,
מָֽתְקוּ לֹו
Jb 21:33
sweet
(pleasant)
to him
are the clods of the valley (said of one resting in the grave).
3.
suck
(Aramaic sense,
cf.
Syriac
supr.
)
מְתָקֹו רִמָּה
Jb 24:20
the worm
doth suck him
, feast on him (on
vb.
masc.
cf.
Ges
§ 145, 7 Kö
Synt. § 345 a Da
Synt. § 113(b)),
Di De Buhl
(
cf.
Kau D
a; also
SS
who render ‘angenehm finden’), but this sense in
Heb. dub
.; text perhaps crpt. (
cf.
conject. by
Bu D
u).
Hiph.
Impf.
3
fs.
אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה
Jb 20:12
if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth
(declarative Hiph.); 1
pl.
אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סֹוד
ψ 55:15
we who used to make sweet
(our)
intimacy
.
•
מֶ˜תֶק
S
4986
TWOT
1268a
GK
5518
n.m.
Pr 16:21
sweetness
;
cstr.
מ׳ שְׂפָתַיִם
Pr 16:21
i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so prob.
מ׳ רֵעֵהוּ
27:9
the sweetness of one’s friend
, i.e. of his speech.
•
[
מֹ˜תֶק
S
4987
TWOT
1268b
GK
5519
]
n.
[
m.
]
sweetness
;—only
sf.
מָתְקִי
Ju 9:11
my sweetness
(fig-tree loquitur), i.e. sweetness of the fruit.
•
מָתֹוק
S
4966
TWOT
1268c
GK
5498
adj.
sweet
, and
n.
[
m.
]
sweetness
(
on form v. Lag
BN 30, 60,
cf.
Ba
NB 13, 36)
;—
abs.
מ׳
Ju 14:14
+
9 times;
f.
מְתוּקָה
Ec 5:1
1;
pl.
מְתוּקִים
ψ 19:11
;—
1.
sweet
, of honey
Ju 14:14
(where
מ׳
= subst.
a sweet thing
),
v
18
(both Samson’s riddle),
Pr 24:13
; so
=
sweetness
,
Ez 3:3
; more gen.,
כָּל־מַר מ׳
Pr 27:7
every bitter thing is sweet
to one hungry;
fig.
ψ 19:11
(God’s commandments, sweeter than honey),
cf.
Pr 16:24
(
sim.
of pleasant words)
וּפִרְיֹו מ׳ לְחִכִּי
Ct 2:3
(i.e. his caresses);
שָׂמִים מַר לְמ׳ וּמ׳
לְמָ˜ר
Is 5:20
making bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter
(obscuring moral distinctions;
||
הָֹאמְרִים לָרַע טֹוב וְלַטֹּוב רָ˜ע
).
2.
=
pleasant
, sleep of the toiler
Ec 5:11
; light
11:7
(
||
טֹוב לַעֵינַיִם לִרְאֹות אֶת־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ
).
•
מִתְקָה
S
4989
GK
5520
n.pr.loc.
a station of Isr. in desert
Nu 33:28
,
29
.
Ö
Ματεκκα
,
A
Μαθεκκα
,
Ö
L
Ματτεκα
.
Kö E. König, Heb. Gram. Da A. B. Davidson, Hebrew Syntax. Heb. Hebrew.