H4985 · מָתַק
mâthaq · maw-thak' · sweet
H4985 (mâthaq, pronounced maw-thak') is the Hebrew word מָתַק in Strong’s dictionary: to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet. It appears 6 times in 6 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- מָתַק (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- mâthaq
- Pronunciation
- maw-thak'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
- Rendered in the KJV
- be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
6 occurrences in 6 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “is sweet” ×2
- “are sweet” ×1
- “feeds on them” ×1
- “shared sweet” ×1
- “were sweetened” ×1
By book
Exodus 1 · Job 3 · Psalms 1 · Proverbs 1
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Related words
Numbers that share a root with H4985.