Sweet Sweetness

† מָתוֹק adj. sweet, and n.[m.] sweetness (on form v. LagBN 30, 60, cf. BaNB 13, 36);—abs. מ׳ Ju 14:14 + 9 times; f. מְתוּקָה Ec 5:11; pl. מְתוּקִים ψ 19:11;— 1. sweet, of honey Ju 14:14 (where מ׳ = subst. a sweet thing), v 18 (both Samson’s riddle), Pr 24:13; so = sweetness, Ez 3:3; more gen., כָּל־מַר מ׳ Pr 27:7 every bitter thing is sweet to one hungry; fig. ψ 19:11 (God’s commandments, sweeter than honey), cf. Pr 16:24 (sim. of pleasant words) וּפִרְיוֹ מ׳ לְחִכִּי Ct 2:3 (i.e. his caresses); שָׂמִים מַר לְמ׳ וּמ׳ לְמָ֑ר Is 5:20 making bitter into sweet and sweet into bitter (obscuring moral distinctions; ‖ הָֹאמְרִים לָרַע טוֹב וְלַטּוֹב רָ֑ע). 2. = pleasant, sleep of the toiler Ec 5:11; light 11:7 (‖ טוֹב לַעֵינַיִם לִרְאוֹת אֶת־הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ).

† [מָתֹק] vb. become or be sweet, pleasant (NH מתק, especially Pi.; Assyrian [matâḳu] be sweet, in deriv.; Ethiopic ምጡቅ: sweet; Aramaic ܡܬܰܩ suck (with pleasure), מְתַק id., be sweet; Arabic مطق (ط before ق) v. smack the lips (with pleasure), مَطْقَةٌ sweetness);— Qal Pf. 3 ms. sf. מְתָקוֹ Jb 24:20; 3 pl. מָֽתְקוּ 21:33; Impf. 3 mpl. יִמְתָּ֑קוּ Pr 9:17, וַיִּמְתְּקוּ Ex 15:25;— 1. lit. become sweet, of water (opp. מָרִים) 15:25 (J); are (i.e. taste) sweet, מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ׳ Pr 9:17 (fig. of delights of illicit pleasure). 2. = be pleasant, מָֽתְקוּ לוֹ Jb 21:33 sweet (pleasant) to him are the clods of the valley (said of one resting in the grave). 3. suck (Aramaic sense, cf. Syriac supr.) מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה Jb 24:20 the worm doth suck him, feast on him (on vb. masc. cf. Ges§ 145, 7 KöSynt. § 345 a DaSynt. § 113(b)), Di De Buhl (cf. Kau Da; also SS who render ‘angenehm finden’), but this sense in Heb. dub.; text perhaps crpt. (cf. conject. by Bu Du). Hiph. Impf. 3 fs. אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה Jb 20:12 if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth (declarative Hiph.); 1 pl. אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סוֹד ψ 55:15 we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.

γλῠκύς, εῖα (-ῆαRefs 3rd c.BC+, sweet to the taste or smell, νέκταρ Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to ὀξύς, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to δριμύς, Refs 8th c.BC+, pleasant, delightful, ἵμερος, ὕπνος, Refs 8th c.BC+; γλυκύ [ἐστι], with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+ __b of water, sweet, fresh, Refs 6th c.BC+; opposed to πικρός, Refs 5th c.BC+; opposed to ἁλμυρός, Refs 4th c.BC+ __2 after Refs 8th c.BC+, of persons, sweet, dear, γλυκεῖα (variant{-ῆα}) μᾶτερ Refs 7th c.BC+: with infinitive, γ. φρὴν συμπόταισιν ὁμιλεῖν Refs 5th c.BC+, etc.; also ὑπὲρ τῆς γλυκυτάτης πατρίδος τελευτῆσαι Refs 2nd c.AD+; ὦ γλυκύτατε my dear fellow, Refs 5th c.BC+; sometimes in bad sense, simple, silly, ὡς γ. εἶ! Refs 5th c.BC+; also applied κατ᾽ ἀντίφρασιν to a swine, Refs 2nd c.AD+; γλυκὺ πνεῖον, of mustard, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II as substantive, ὁ γ. (i.e. οἶνος) grape-syrup, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.b of the eye of Polyphemus, Refs 3rd c.BC+ __II.2 ἡ γ., ={γλυκύρριζα}, Refs 4th c.BC+ __II.3 ἡ γ., ={χολή}, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __III comparative and superlative γλυκίων Refs 8th c.BC+ __IV adverb -κέωςRefs 2nd c.AD+, cf. Latin dulcis.)

† מַמְתַֿקִּים n.[m.]pl. sweetness = sweet things;—of drinks וּשְׁתוּ מ׳ Ne 8:10 (‖ אִכְלוּ מַשְׁמַנִּים); of lover’s kisses חִכּוֹ מ׳ Ct 5:16 (‖ כֻּלּוֹ מַחֲמַדִּים).

† עָרֵב adj. sweet, pleasant;—ע׳ לָאִישׁ לֶחֶם שָׁ֑קֶר Pr 20:17; קוֹלֵךְ ע׳ Ct 2:14.

† [מָלַץ] vb. prob. be smooth, slippery (Arabic مَلِصَ slip);— Niph. Pf. מַה־נִּמְלְצוּ לְחִכִּי אִמְרָתֶ֑ךָ ψ 119:103 how smooth (agreeable, pleasant) are thy words to my palate (‖ מִדְּבַשׁ לְפִי).

† [מֹ֫תֶק] n.[m.] sweetness;—only sf. מָתְקִי Ju 9:11 my sweetness (fig-tree loquitur), i.e. sweetness of the fruit.