H4987 H4987
sweetness (fig. of pleasant quality)
This rare noun appears only in Judges 9:11, where the fig tree personifies itself, asking whether it should cease producing 'my sweetness' in order to reign over the trees. The word captures the delightful taste quality of figs, functioning as a stand-in for the fruit itself. Across languages, translators preserve the possessive form and the sensory quality, recognizing how sweetness became shorthand for the tree's valuable contribution.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The sensory quality of pleasant taste, specifically applied to fruit. In Jotham's fable (Judg 9:11), the fig tree speaks of 'my sweetness,' a metonymy where the taste quality represents the fruit itself. The Hebrew suffix makes this intensely personal—the tree's own characteristic excellence. Spanish 'mi-dulzura' and English 'my-sweetness' both catch the possessive intimacy, as the tree reflects on what it would sacrifice to pursue political power. 1×
AR["حَلاَوَتِي"]·ben["আমার-মিষ্টতা"]·DE["mein-sweetness"]·EN["my-sweetness"]·FR["mon-sweetness"]·heb["מתקי"]·HI["मेरी-मिठास"]·ID["manisnya"]·IT["mio-sweetness"]·jav["manising-kula"]·KO["달춤-나의"]·PT["doçura-minha"]·RU["сладость-мою"]·ES["mi-dulzura"]·SW["utamu-wangu"]·TR["tatlılığımı"]·urd["مٹھاس-اپنی"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† [מֹ֫תֶק] n.[m.] sweetness;—only sf. מָתְקִי Ju 9:11 my sweetness (fig-tree loquitur), i.e. sweetness of the fruit.