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Strongs H4988

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

Brown, Driver, Briggs lexicon entry

m.ef.aa

מָתֹק ] vb. become or be sweet, pleasant

• Qal

  • 1 lit. become sweet
  • 2 = be pleasant
  • 3 suck

• Hiph. if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth; we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.

Appears in only one verse:

JOB 24:20

OET-LV: 20 It_forgets_him the_womb it_sucks_on_him maggot[s] again not he_is_remembered and_it_was_broken like_tree injustice. (JOB_24:20)

OET-RV: 20 The womb will forget them—the worm will dine on them.
 ⇔ ≈ They won’t be remembered again—injustice is like a broken tree. (JOB 24:20)

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