H4303 H4303
Tasty food, savory dish, delicacy; especially the savory game-dish Isaac requested from Esau.
Derived from the root ta'am ('to taste'), this masculine noun denotes delicacies or savory food prepared with care. Six of its eight occurrences cluster in Genesis 27, where Isaac asks Esau to prepare matammim -- savory food from hunted game -- before receiving the patriarchal blessing (Gen 27:4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 31). The remaining two appear in Proverbs 23:3, 6, warning against coveting a ruler's deceptive delicacies. Spanish manjares ('delicacies') and German Leckerbissen ('dainty morsels') both convey the sense of specially prepared, appealing food.
Senses
1. delicacy (tasty food) — Tasty or savory food, delicacies -- food prepared with special care to please the palate. Prominently featured in the Isaac-Esau-Jacob narrative, where Isaac requests matammim from hunted game as a prelude to blessing (Gen 27:4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 31). In Proverbs 23:3, 6, the word carries a cautionary edge: a ruler's delicacies may be deceptive. Spanish manjares ('delicacies'), German Leckerbissen ('dainty bites'), and English 'delicacies' all capture the sense of food that is specially prepared and appealing, beyond ordinary sustenance. 8×
AR["أطعِمَةً-شَهِيَّةً", "الأطعِمَةَ-الشَّهِيَّةَ", "لِأَطْعِمَتِهِ"]·ben["-সুস্বাদু-খাবার", "তার-সুস্বাদু-খাবারের-প্রতি", "সুস্বাদু-খাবার"]·DE["Leckerbissen", "[למטעמותיו]", "[למטעמתיו]", "als-Leckerbissen", "die-Leckerbissen"]·EN["delicacies", "his-delicacies", "the-delicacies"]·FR["delicacies", "le-delicacies", "à-son-למטעמותיו-lui", "à-son-למטעמתיו-lui"]·heb["ה-מטעמים", "ל-מטעמותיו", "מטעמים"]·HI["स्वादिष्ट-भोजन", "स्वादिष्ट-भोजनों-की-उसके"]·ID["makanan-lezat", "makanan-makanan-lezatnya"]·IT["delicacies", "il-delicacies", "per-suo-delicacies-suo"]·jav["dhaharan-éca", "tetedhanipun-éca"]·KO["그-별미를", "별미를", "진수성찬들-을-그-의"]·PT["as-iguarias", "iguarias", "iguarias-suas"]·RU["кушанья", "кушаньями", "яств-его"]·ES["los-manjares", "manjares", "sus-manjares"]·SW["chakula-kitamu", "vyakula-vyake-vitamu"]·TR["-lezzetli-yemekleri", "lezzetlerini", "lezzetli-yemekler"]·urd["لذیذ-کھانا", "لذیذ-کھانے", "پکوانوں-اُس-کے-پر"]
Related Senses
H8081 1. oil (substance) (180×)H3196 1. wine (fermented grape juice) (141×)H1706 1. honey (54×)H4682 1. unleavened bread/cakes (53×)H2461 1. milk (42×)H8492 1. new wine / must (38×)H0400 1. food, nourishment (36×)G3631 1. wine (34×)H3978 1. food, nourishment (30×)H1314 1. spice / perfume / balsam (29×)H7416 1. pomegranate (fruit/ornament) (28×)H3323 1. fresh oil, olive oil (23×)H2964 1. prey, torn flesh (19×)H3899 2. food, sustenance (19×)G1033 1. food (17×)G5160 1. food (16×)H5561 1. spices, aromatic substances (16×)H0402 1. food, nourishment (14×)G2219 1. leaven (13×)H4478a 1. manna (13×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [מַטְעָם] n.m. only pl. tasty or savoury food, dainties—מַטְעַמִּים Gn 27:4, 7, 9, 14, 17, 31 (all J); sf. מַטְעַמּוֹתָיו Pr 23:3; מַטְעַמֹּתָיו v 6.