[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/%D7%98%D7%A2%D7%9D/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [Biblical Aramaic](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/) / [ט](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/aramaic/tet/)‎ / טְעֵם‎ # טְעֵם Biblical Aramaic **taste** — used 33 times in the Aramaic chapters of the Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917. ## Meaning ### OpenScriptures lexical index taste [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e2_5b5_5dd/#m1) ### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 טְעֵם²: n.m. taste, judgment, command [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e2_5b5_5dd/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Ezr 4:21 taste, judgment, command (BH טַ֫עַם (late sense));—abs. ט׳ Dn 3:10 +, cstr. ט׳ 5:2 Ezr 6:14, טַ֫עַם (of God, mere scribal distinction Nö LCB 1896, 305 Str§ 8 c KAramaismen 40) Ezr 6:14; 7:23; emph. מַעְמָא 4:21 +;— Dn 5:2 in the taste of the wine (while they were enjoying it). judgment, discretion, in reply, הֲתִיב עֵטָא וּט׳ Dn 2:14 (Pr 26:16); in act (pers.) שִׂים ט׳ על Dn 3:12; 6:14 shew proper deference to (עַל). report (of official), c. הלך Ezr 5:5, יהב Dn 6:3. command, of God Ezr 6:14; 7:23, of king 6:14; שִׂים ט׳ give command, issue decree Dn 3:10 + 3 times, Ezr 4:19, 21(×2) + 11 times; בְּעֵל ט׳ commander Ezr 4:8, 9, 17. ### Jastrow 1903 טְעַם ²: pleasure, will. good cheer reason, argument, sense argument on the cause of bereavement, consolation taste [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e2_5b5_5dd/#m3) **The whole Jastrow entry:** pleasure, will. Dan. III, 10; a. e. good cheer. Ib. V, 2. reason, argument, sense &c. Targ. Job XII, 20; a. e.—B. Bath. 173ᵇ דלא יהבי ט׳ וכ׳ who give no reason for their decisions (judge arbitrarily). Ib., a. fr. מאי ט׳ (abbr. מ"ט) what is the reason (of the law of the Mishnah)?—Kidd. 68ᵇ, a. fr. דריש ט׳ דקרא interprets the biblical law on its reason and accordingly modifies it, extending or limiting, e.g. (B. Mets. 115ᵃ) applying the law Deut. XXIV, 17 only to poor widows. Ib. אלא לרבנן מאי טַעֲמֵיה but according to the Rabbis (who do not interpret the law on its reason), where is the argument for it? (prob. to be read: טַעֲמַיְיהוּ; Yeb. 23ᵃ מנא לן). Ber. 7ᵇ מ"ט לא אתי מר וכ׳ why do you not come to synagogue for prayer?—Ib. 11ᵃ קא מפרשי טַעֲמַיְיהוּ וט׳ וכ׳ they give their reason for their own opinion and for differing with Beth-Sh.—Keth. 83ᵇ הלכה כר׳ … ולא מטַעֲמֵיה the rule (practice) is in agreement with R. S.’s opinion, but not for the reason he had for it. Ib. 84ᵃ כטעמיה וכהלכתיה in agreement both with his argument and his legal opinion; a. fr.—Pes. 21ᵇ, a. fr. ט׳ דכתב וכ׳ the reason (of this) is, because &c., i.e. this is so only because &c.—וּלְטַעֲמֵיךְ now, according to your argument (assuming it to be correct,—what then?). Ber. 43ᵃ; a. v. fr. argument on the cause of bereavement, consolation (v. טַמָּא). M. Kat. 18ᵃ למישאל ט׳ מיניה (Ms. M.; second time, לשיולי ביה ט׳) to get his permission to argue (with him), i.e. to console him. Snh. 113ᵃ \[read:\] למשאל ביה ט׳ (or טמא, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note 7) to console him.—בֵּי טַעֲמָא, v. טַמָּא. taste. Targ. Num. XI, 8; a. e.—Yoma 78ᵇ ט׳ דמיתותא a foretaste of death. Hor. 11ᵃ, v. טְעַם. Ḥull. 97ᵃ בט׳ it depends on the taste (whether a mixture be forbidden), v. preced. Ib.ᵇ מין בשאינו מינו … בט׳ in case of a mixture of heterogeneous things which are permitted, we decide by the taste; a. fr.—Pl. טַעֲמִין. Targ. Cant. V, 11; 13. Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates); Jastrow: same consonants, part of speech not compared, 1 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses (5 candidates) ## Glosses MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: a decree (17); discretion (3); of command (3). ## In the verses [Ezra 4:8](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.8/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.8/#tree) רְח֣וּם בְּעֵל־טְעֵ֗ם וְשִׁמְשַׁי֙ סָֽפְרָ֔א כְּתַ֛בוּ אִגְּרָ֥ה חֲדָ֖ה עַל־יְרוּשְׁלֶ֑ם לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁ֥שְׂתְּא מַלְכָּ֖א כְּנֵֽמָא׃ *Word for word:* Rehum lord of.command and Shimshai the scribe they.wrote a.letter one concerning Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king as.follows *JPS 1917:* Rehum the commander and Shimshai the scribe wrote a letter against Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in this sort — [Daniel 4:3](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.3/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.4.3/#tree) וּמִנִּי֙ שִׂ֣ים טְעֵ֔ם לְהַנְעָלָ֣ה קָֽדָמַ֔י לְכֹ֖ל חַכִּימֵ֣י בָבֶ֑ל דִּֽי־פְשַׁ֥ר חֶלְמָ֖א יְהֽוֹדְעֻנַּֽנִי׃ *Word for word:* and from me it.was.made a.decree to bring.in before me (et) all the.wise.men of.Babylon that the.interpretation of the.dream they will.make.known.to.me *JPS 1917:* Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream. ## On Mova - [This word in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/aramaic/w/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e2_5b5_5dd.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1496/lemma_3a_5d8_5b0_5e2_5b5_5dd/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).