BDB4901
מָתֹק verb become or be sweet, pleasant (Late Hebrew מתק, especially Pi`el; Assyrian [ matâ‡u ] be sweet, in derivatives; Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 3126] sweet; Aramaic [untranscribed source text 3127] suck (with pleasure), מְתַק id., be sweet; Arabic [untranscribed source text 3128] ( [untranscribed source text 3129] before [untranscribed source text 3130]) see smack the lips (with pleasure), [untranscribed source text 3131] sweetness); —
Qal
Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix מְתָקוֺ
Job 24:20 3
plural מָֽתְקוּ
Job 21:33
Imperfect 3 masculine plural יִמְתָּ֑קוּ
Prov 9:17,
וַיִמְתְּקוּ
Exod 15:25 —
1. literally become sweet, of water (opposed to מָרִים) Exod 15:25 (
J
); are (i.e. taste) sweet, ׳
מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ
Prov 9:17
(figurative of delights of illicit pleasure).
2. = be pleasant, מָֽתְקוּ לוֺ
Job 21:33
sweet (pleasant) to him are the clods of the valley (said of one
resting in the grave).
3.
suck (Aramaic sense, compare Syriac above) מְתָקוֺ רִמָּה
Job 24:20
the worm doth suck him, feast on him (on verb masculine compare Ges«GKC:145»§ 145. 7 KöSynt.
§ 345 a
DaSynt. § 113 (b)), Di
De
Buhl (compare Kau
Da; also SS who render 'angenehm
finden'), but this sense in Hebrew dubious; text perhaps corrupt (compare conjectures by Bu
Du).
Hiph`il
Imperfect 3 feminine singular אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה
Job 20:12
if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth (declarative Hiph`il); 1 plural
אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סוֺד
Ps 55:15
we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.