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Lexicon :: Strong's H4988 - māṯāq

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מָתָק
Transliteration
māṯāq
Pronunciation
maw-thawk'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1268c?

Strong’s Definitions

מָתָק mâthâq, maw-thawk'; from H4985; a dainty, i.e. (generally) food:—feed sweetly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's H4988 in the following manner: feed sweetly (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's H4988 in the following manner: feed sweetly (1x).
  1. (Qal) to feed sweetly

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מָתָק mâthâq, maw-thawk'; from H4985; a dainty, i.e. (generally) food:—feed sweetly.
STRONGS H4988: Abbreviations
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix מְתָקוֺ Job 24:20
3. suck (Aramaic sense, compare Syriac above) מְתָקוֺ רִמָּה Job 24:20 the worm doth suck him, feast on him (on verb masculine compare Ges§ 145. 7Synt. § 345 a DaSynt. § 113 (b)), Di De Buhl (compare Kau Da; also SS who render 'angenehm finden'), but this sense in Hebrew dubious; text perhaps corrupt (compare conjectures by Bu Du).

This is a portion of the full BDB entry H4985.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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H4988

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Strong's Number H4988 matches the Hebrew מָתָק (māṯāq),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 24:20 - The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.
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