טָעַם

vb. taste, perceive (NH id.; Aramaic ܛܥܶܡ, טְעֵים taste; Assyrian n. ṭêmu, sense, command, ZimBP 92 LyonSargontexte 67) AsrbAnnals iii, 95; Arabic طَعِمَ eat, taste, examine by tasting; Ethiopic ጥዕመ: ጠዐመ: taste, examine by tasting, etc. (— Pf. 3 ms. ט׳ 1 S 14:24; 3 fs. טָֽעֲמָה Pr 31:18; 1 s. טָעַמְתִּי 1 S 14:29, 43; Impf. 3 ms. יִטְעַם 2 S 19:36 + 2 times; 1 s. אֶטְעַם 2 S 3:35; 3 mpl. יִטְעֲמוּ Jon 3:7; Imv. mpl. טַעֲמוּ ψ 34:9; Inf. abs. טָעֹם 1 S 14:43;— taste, of eating in small quantity, sq. acc. לָ֑חֶם 1 S 14:24, מְעַט דְּבַשׁ v 29, so v 43 (טָעֹם טָעַמְתִּי); לֶחֶם אוֹ כָל־מְאוּמָה 2 S 3:35; מְאוּמָה Jon 3:7. of sense of taste, obj. אֶת־אֲשֶׁר אֹכַל וְאֶת־אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁתֶּה 2 S 19:36; so חֵךְ אֹכֶל יִטְעַם־לוֹ Jb 12:11; חֵךְ יִטְעַם לֶאֱכֹל 34:3. fig. Pr 31:18 she tasteth that her gain is good (obj. cl. c. כִּי), i.e. she experiences that her trade is profitable; so טַעֲמוּ וּרְאוּ כִּי־טוֹב יהוה ψ 34:9 taste ye and see that י׳ is good.