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It is used to express the sweetness of honey or the pleasantness of speech and wisdom.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, sweetness was a highly valued quality, often associated with honey, which was one of the few natural sweeteners available. Honey was not only a dietary staple but also a symbol of abundance and prosperity. The metaphorical use of sweetness extended to describe the desirability of wisdom, the pleasantness of good relationships, and the joy found in God's word and promises.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to become or be sweet or pleasant<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>became sweet (1), feeds sweetly (1), gently cover (1), had sweet (1), sweet (2).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> <font class="hebrew2">מָתֹק</font> <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>become or be sweet, pleasant</b></font> (Late Hebrew <font class="hebrew2">מתק</font>, especially Pi`el; Assyrian [<i><em>matâ‡u</em></i>] <em>be sweet</em>, in derivatives; Ethiopic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb060805.gif"> <em>sweet</em>; Aramaic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb060806.gif"> <em>suck</em> (with pleasure), <font class="hebrew2">מְתַק</font> <em>id.</em>, <em>be sweet</em>; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb060807.gif"> (<img src="/bdbgif/bdb060807a.gif"> before <img src="/bdbgif/bdb060807b.gif">) see <em>smack</em> the lips (with pleasure), <img src="/bdbgif/bdb060808.gif"> <em>sweetness); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">מְתָקוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-20.htm">Job 24:20</a>; 3plural <font class="hebrew2">מָֽתְקוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-33.htm">Job 21:33</a>; <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">יִמְתָּ֑קוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-17.htm">Proverbs 9:17</a>, <font class="hebrew2">וַיִמְתְּקוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> literally <em>become sweet</em>, of water (opposed to <font class="hebrew2">מָרִים</font>) <a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-25.htm">Exodus 15:25</a> (J); <em>are</em> (i.e. taste) <em>sweet</em>, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-17.htm">Proverbs 9:17</a> (figurative of delights of illicit pleasure). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> = <em>be pleasant</em>, <font class="hebrew2">מָֽתְקוּ לוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-33.htm">Job 21:33</a> <em>sweet</em> (pleasant) <em>to him</em> are the clods of the valley (said of one resting in the grave). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3</b></font> <em>suck</em> (Aramaic sense, compare Syriac above) <font class="hebrew2">מְתָקוֺ רִמָּה</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/24-20.htm">Job 24:20</a> the worm <em>doth suck him</em>, feast on him (on verb masculine compare Ges<sup>§ 145</sup>. 7</em> Kö<sup>Synt. § 345 a</sup> Da<sup>Synt. § 113</sup> (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). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect</em>3feminine singular <font class="hebrew2">אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/20-12.htm">Job 20:12</a> <em>if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth</em> (declarative Hiph`il); 1 plural <font class="hebrew2">אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סוֺד</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/55-15.htm">Psalm 55:15</a> <em>we who used to make sweet</em> (our) <em>intimacy</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>be made, take sweet <p>A primitive root; to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet -- be (made, X take) sweet. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ וימתקו יִמְתָּ֑קוּ ימתקו מָֽתְקוּ־ מתקו־ נַמְתִּ֣יק נמתיק תַּמְתִּ֣יק תמתיק mā·ṯə·qū- mateku māṯəqū- nam·tîq namTik namtîq tam·tîq tamTik tamtîq vaiyimteKu way·yim·tə·qū wayyimtəqū yim·tā·qū yimTaku yimtāqū<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/exodus/15-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Exodus 15:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֶל־ הַמַּ֔יִם <b> וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ </b> הַמָּ֑יִם שָׁ֣ם</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/exodus/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the waters <span class="itali">became sweet.</span> There<br><a href="/kjvs/exodus/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the waters <span class="itali">were made sweet:</span> there he made<br><a href="/interlinear/exodus/15-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the waters <span class="itali">became</span> and the waters There<p><b><a href="/text/job/20-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 20:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> אִם־ <b> תַּמְתִּ֣יק </b> בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> evil <span class="itali">is sweet</span> in his mouth<br><a href="/kjvs/job/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Though wickedness <span class="itali">be sweet</span> in his mouth,<br><a href="/interlinear/job/20-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Though <span class="itali">is sweet</span> his mouth wickedness<p><b><a href="/text/job/21-33.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 21:33</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> מָֽתְקוּ־ </b> ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> of the valley <span class="itali">will gently cover</span> him; Moreover, all<br><a href="/kjvs/job/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the valley <span class="itali">shall be sweet</span> unto him, and every man<br><a href="/interlinear/job/21-33.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">will gently</span> the clods of the valley<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/55-14.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 55:14</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/55.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַ֭חְדָּו <b> נַמְתִּ֣יק </b> ס֑וֹד בְּבֵ֥ית</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/55.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> We who <span class="itali">had sweet</span> fellowship together<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/55.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">We took sweet</span> counsel together,<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/55-14.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> who together <span class="itali">had</span> fellowship the house<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/9-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 9:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">מַֽיִם־ גְּנוּבִ֥ים <b> יִמְתָּ֑קוּ </b> וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/9.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> water <span class="itali">is sweet;</span> And bread<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/9.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> waters <span class="itali">are sweet,</span> and bread<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/9-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> water Stolen <span class="itali">is sweet</span> and bread secret<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4985.htm">5 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4985.htm">Strong's Hebrew 4985<br>5 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/mateku_4985.htm">mā·ṯə·qū- — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/namtik_4985.htm">nam·tîq — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/tamtik_4985.htm">tam·tîq — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vaiyimteku_4985.htm">way·yim·tə·qū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yimtaku_4985.htm">yim·tā·qū — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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