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 טעםA matter of taste
    יש לזה טעם של טחינהIt 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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