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# מֶתֶק

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H4986

**sweetness** — used 2 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

sweetness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4986/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

מֶ֫תֶק: n.m. sweetness [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4986/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Pr 16:21 sweetness; cstr. מ׳ שְׂפָתַיִם Pr 16:21 i.e. agreeable, attractive speech, so prob. מ׳ רֵעִֽהוּ 27:9 the sweetness of one’s friend, i.e. of his speech.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: sweetness (1); the sweetness (1).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 16:21](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.21/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.16.21/#tree)

לַחֲכַם־לֵ֭ב יִקָּרֵ֣א נָב֑וֹן וּמֶ֥תֶק שְׂ֝פָתַ֗יִם יֹסִ֥יף לֶֽקַח׃

*Word for word:* to.\[the\] wise of.heart it.is.called \[one.who\].has.understanding and sweetness of.lips it.increases persuasiveness

*JPS 1917:* The wise in heart is called a man of discernment; and the sweetness of the lips increaseth learning.

[Proverbs 27:9](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.9/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.9/#tree)

שֶׁ֣מֶן וּ֭קְטֹרֶת יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב וּמֶ֥תֶק רֵ֝עֵ֗הוּ מֵֽעֲצַת־נָֽפֶשׁ׃

*Word for word:* oil and perfume it.makes.glad a.heart and the.sweetness his.friend his \[is\].from.\[the\] counsel of.a.person

*JPS 1917:* Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart; so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

## On Mova

- [This word in the Tanakh dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/4986.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1502/4986/): 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).