טעם

Aramaic

Noun

טעם • (t'em) m

  1. decree
    • 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”).

Noun

טַעַם • (tá'am) m (plural indefinite טְעָמִים‎, plural construct טַעֲמֵי־‎) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

  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 [lit. "it has a taste of 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

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • → Yiddish: טעם‎ (tam)

Verb

טָעַם • (ta'ám) (pa'al construction)

  1. to taste

Conjugation

References

Anagrams

Yiddish

Etymology

From Hebrew טַעַם‎ (tá'am, “taste”).

Pronunciation

Noun

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

  1. flavor; taste
  2. reason
  • טועם זײַן‎ (toyem zayn)
  • טועם־טעם זײַן‎ (toyem-tam zayn)
  • מטעמים‎ (matamem)
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