Strong’s
H4985Verb6 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 15:25וַיִּמְתְּקוּ
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
- Job 20:12תַּמְתִּיק
Though evil is sweet in his mouth and he conceals it under his tongue,
- Psalm 55:14נַמְתִּיק
We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.
- Proverbs 9:17יִמְתָּקוּ
“Stolen water is sweet, and bread eaten in secret is tasty!”
Brown-Driver-Briggs
[מָתֹק] vb. become or be sweet, pleasant
Qal
1. lit. become sweet
2. = be pleasant
3. suck
Hiph. if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth; we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.