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)
4 terms

Cognate with Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”) and طَعَمَ (ṭaʕama, “to taste”).

Pronunciation

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 (literally, “it has a taste of tahini”)
  3. logic, a reason, a point, an interest
    אין טעם לצעוק כי הוא לא ישמע. ― There is no point to yelling because he will not hear.
    מטעמי ביטחון ― mita'amé bitakhón ― in the interest(s) of security; on security grounds
    מטעמי בטיחות ― mita'amé btikhút ― for safety reasons
  4. (linguistics) a stress, an accent
  5. a cantillation mark

Declension

Declension of טַעַם
isolated forms with possessive pronouns
Number: State: form Person: singular plural
m f m f
singular indefinite טַעַם first טַעָמִי טַעָמֵנוּ
definite הַטַּעַם second טַעָמְךָ טַעָמֵךְ טַעַמְכֶם טַעַמְכֶן
construct טַעַם־ third טַעָמוֹ טַעָמָהּ טַעָמָם טַעָמָן
plural indefinite טְעָמִים first טעמיי / טְעָמַי טְעָמֵינוּ
definite הַטְּעָמִים second טְעָמֶיךָ טעמייך / טְעָמַיִךְ טַעֲמֵיכֶם טַעֲמֵיכֶן
construct טַעֲמֵי־ third טְעָמָיו טְעָמֶיהָ טַעֲמֵיהֶם טַעֲמֵיהֶן

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: טעם (tam)

Verb

טָעַם • (ta'ám) (pa'al construction)

  1. to taste

Conjugation

Conjugation of טָעַם (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לטעום / לִטְעֹם
action noun טְעִימָה
passive participle —
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

1 Pronounced טָעַמְתֶּם and טָעַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
2 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew טַעַם (tá'am, “taste”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. flavor; taste
  2. reason
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