מָתוֹק
Engelsk sweet, sweetness
I GT 12 gange i den hebraiske tekst (BHSA)
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מָתוֺק adjective sweet, and noun [masculine] sweetness (on form see Lag BN 30, 60, compare BaNB 13, 36); — absolute ׳מ Dom 14,14 + 9 t.; feminine מְתוּקָה Praed 5,11 plural מְתוּקִים Sl 19,11 —
1. sweet, of honey Dom 14,14 (where ׳מ = substantive a sweet thing), vDom 14,18 (both Samson's riddle), Ord 24,13 so = sweetness, Ezk 3,3 more generally, ׳כָּלמַֿר מ Ord 27,7 every bitter thing is sweet to one hungry; figurative Sl 19,11 (God's commandments, sweeter than honey), compare Ord 16,24 (simile of pleasant words) לְחִכִּי ׳וּפִרְיוֺ מ Hoj 2,3 (i.e his caresses); לְמָ֑ר ׳וּמ ׳שָׂמִים מַר לְמ Es 5,20 making bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter (obscuring moral distinctions; || הָאֹמְרִים לָרַע טוֺב וְלַטּוֺב רָ֑ע).
2. = pleasant, sleep of the toiler Praed 5,11 light Praed 1,17 (|| טוֺב לַעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֺת אֶתהַֿשֶּׁמֶשׁ).
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Kilder: F. Brown, S.R. Driver og C.A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain, i Eliran Wongs udgave (marvel.bible) med tekst fra Tim Morton (Bible Analyzer) og bibelhenvisninger ved Stephen Ku. Forekomster og ordklasser: BHSA (ETCBC). Lemma og translitteration: Strong's hebraiske ordliste.