טעם

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”).

Pronunciation
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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
Declension of טַעַם
NumberIsolated formsWith possessive pronouns
StateFormPersonsingularplural
m.f.m.f.
singularindefinite טַעַם first טַעָמִיטַעָמֵנוּ
definite הַטַּעַם second טַעָמְךָטַעָמֵךְטַעַמְכֶםטַעַמְכֶן
construct טַעַם־ third טַעָמוֹטַעָמָהּטַעָמָםטַעָמָן
pluralindefinite טְעָמִים first טעמיי / טְעָמַיטְעָמֵינוּ
definite הַטְּעָמִים second טְעָמֶיךָטעמייך / טְעָמַיִךְטַעֲמֵיכֶםטַעֲמֵיכֶן
construct טַעֲמֵי־ third טְעָמָיוטְעָמֶיהָטַעֲמֵיהֶםטַעֲמֵיהֶן

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → 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
  • to-infinitive: לטעום / לִטְעֹם
  • action noun: טְעִימָה
  • passive participle: —
finite forms singular plural
m. f. m. f.
past first טָעַמְתִּיטָעַמְנוּ
second טָעַמְתָּטָעַמְתְּטְעַמְתֶּם1טְעַמְתֶּן1
third טָעַםטָעֲמָהטָעֲמוּ
present טוֹעֵםטוֹעֶמֶתטוֹעֲמִיםטוֹעֲמוֹת
future first אֶטְעַםנִטְעַם
second תִּטְעַםתִּטְעֲמִיתִּטְעֲמוּתִּטְעַמְנָה2
third יִטְעַםתִּטְעַםיִטְעֲמוּתִּטְעַמְנָה2
imperative טְעַםטַעֲמִיטַעֲמוּטְעַמְנָה2
notes
  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 (tamem)

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