H4966 H4966
Sweet, sweetness — pleasant to the taste; of honey, God's words, pleasant speech, and the joy of life
The adjective and substantive מָתוֹק (matoq) describes what is sweet to the taste or metaphorically pleasant. Samson's riddle turns on the paradox: 'Out of the strong came something sweet' — answered by honey (Judg 14:14, 18). The psalmist declares God's ordinances sweeter than honey (Ps 19:10). Proverbs calls pleasant words 'sweet to the soul and healing to the bones' (Prov 16:24), while Ecclesiastes observes that a laborer's sleep is sweet (Eccl 5:12). Isaiah warns against calling 'sweet bitter and bitter sweet' (Isa 5:20). Spanish 'dulce' conveys both the sensory and figurative dimensions.
Senses
1. sweet, sweetness — Sweet to the taste or metaphorically pleasant. Literally of honey: Samson's riddle (Judg 14:14, 18) and God's ordinances sweeter than honeycomb (Ps 19:10). Figuratively of pleasant words (Prov 16:24), the laborer's sleep (Eccl 5:12), and the prophetic scroll sweet in the mouth (Ezek 3:3). Isaiah warns against calling sweet bitter and bitter sweet (Isa 5:20). 12×
AR["أَحْلَى", "حُلوًا", "حُلْوٌ", "لِـ-حَلاوَةٍ", "مَتُوق", "وَ-الحُلوَ", "وَأَحْلَى", "وُ-مَتُوق", "يُوجَدُ"]·ben["-মিষ্টির-জন্য", "এবং-মিষ্টি", "ও-মিষ্টিকে", "মিষ্টতার", "মিষ্টি"]·DE["[ומתוק]", "[למתוק]", "[מתוקה]", "suess", "sweeter", "und-suess", "und-sweeter"]·EN["and-sweet", "and-sweeter", "for-sweet", "for-sweetness", "sweet", "sweeter"]·FR["[ומתוק]", "[למתוק]", "douceur", "doux", "et-de-doux", "et-doux", "sweeter"]·heb["ו-מתוק", "ו-מתוקים", "ל-מתוק", "מתוק", "מתוקה"]·HI["और-मीठा", "और-मीठे", "और-मीठे-को", "को-मीठा", "मीठा", "मीठा।", "मीठी", "मीठे-के-लिए"]·ID["Dan-manis", "Manis", "dan-lebih-manis", "dan-yang-manis", "lebih-manis", "manis", "sebagai-manis"]·IT["[ומתוק]", "[ומתוקים]", "[למתוק]", "dolce", "e-dolce", "sweeter"]·jav["dados-manis", "lan-manis", "lan-éca", "manis", "saha-langkung-manis", "éca"]·KO["그리고-달콤하다", "그리고-달콤하도다", "단것을", "달다", "달다-고", "달콤하네", "달콤하니라", "달콤하다", "달콤한가", "달콤함이", "에-달콤함"]·PT["Doce", "E-doce", "doce", "e-doce", "e-mais-doces", "para-doçura", "por-doce"]·RU["И-сладок", "Сладок", "за-сладкое", "и-сладкое", "и-слаще", "сладки", "сладким", "сладко", "сладкое", "сладок", "сладость", "слаще"]·ES["Dulce", "dulce", "dulces", "dulzura", "es-más-dulce", "para-dulzura", "por-dulce", "y-dulce", "y-más-dulces"]·SW["Tamu", "kwa-tamu", "kwa-utamu", "matamu", "na-tamu", "tamu"]·TR["bal", "tatli", "tatli-icin", "tatlı", "tatlıdır", "ve-tatli", "ve-tatliyi", "ve-tatlı"]·urd["اور-میٹھی", "اور-میٹھے-زیادہ", "اور-میٹھے-کو", "میٹھا", "میٹھا-کو", "میٹھی", "میٹھی-ہے", "میٹھے-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† 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,…