1. delicacy (tasty food) — A Hebrew masculine noun (מַטְעָם) meaning 'delicacy, dainty food, savory dish', derived from the root טעם 'to taste'. Used primarily in Genesis 27 for the savory food Isaac asked Esau to prepare (Gen 27:4,7,9,14,17,31) and in Proverbs 23:3,6 for deceptive delicacies. Multilingual signatures are uniform: eng 'delicacies/his-delicacies', spa 'manjares/sus-manjares', arb 'أطعمة-شهية/لأطعمته', kor '별미/진수성찬', swa 'chakula-kitamu/vyakula-vyake-vitamu', hin 'स्वादिष्ट-भोजन'. The suffixed form (S111143, 'his delicacies') is a grammatical inflection of the same noun sense as the absolute/construct forms (S111142). 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"]
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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.