טעם

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Aramaic

Noun

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טעם • (t'em) m

  1. decree
    • Tanach, Ezra 5:13, with translation of the New International Version:
      בְּרַם בִּשְׁנַת חֲדָה לְכוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא דִּי בָבֶל כּוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא שָׂם טְעֵם בֵּית-אֱלָהָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא.
      bərám bishənát ḥadá lichóresh malká di vavél kóresh malká sam tə'ém bēt-elahá dəná libbəné.
      “However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

Verb

טעם • (ta'am)

  1. to taste

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ט־ע־ם (ṭ-ʿ-m)

From the root ט־ע־ם . Cognate with Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”) and طَعَمَ (ṭaʕama, “to taste”).

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Noun

טַעַם • (tá'am) m (plural indefinite טְעָמִים, plural construct טַעֲמֵי־)

  1. taste (sense)
  2. taste, flavour (objective quality of a substance as perceived by the sense of taste)
    שאלה של טעם ― A matter of taste
    יש לזה טעם של טחינה ― It tastes like tahini
  3. logic, a reason, a point
    אין טעם לצעוק כי הוא לא ישמע. ― There is no point to yelling because he will not hear.
  4. (linguistics) a stress, an accent
  5. a cantillation mark

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  • → Yiddish: טעם (tam)

Verb

טָעַם • (ta'ám) third-singular masculine past (pa'al construction)

  1. to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of טָעַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs) 
non-finite forms
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first טָעַמְתִּי טָעַמְנוּ
second טָעַמְתָּ טָעַמְתְּ טְעַמְתֶּם1 טְעַמְתֶּן1
third טָעַם טָעֲמָה טָעֲמוּ
present טוֹעֵם טוֹעֶמֶת טוֹעֲמִים טוֹעֲמוֹת
future first אֶטְעַם נִטְעַם
second תִּטְעַם תִּטְעֲמִי תִּטְעֲמוּ תִּטְעַמְנָה2
third יִטְעַם תִּטְעַם יִטְעֲמוּ תִּטְעַמְנָה2
imperative טְעַם טַעֲמִי טַעֲמוּ טְעַמְנָה2
notes
  1. Pronounced טָעַמְתֶּם and טָעַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
  2. Rare in Modern Hebrew.

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew טַעַם (tá'am, “taste”).

Pronunciation

Noun

טעם • (tam) m, plural טעמען (tamen) or טעמים (tamem)

  1. flavor; taste
  2. reason

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