H8602a H8602a
tasteless, unseasoned; lacking flavor (literal) or substance (figurative)
Job asks rhetorically, 'Can tasteless food be eaten without salt?' (6:6), establishing a metaphor for speech that lacks savor or truth. In Lamentations 2:14, the prophets' visions are condemned as 'tasteless and empty'—like unseasoned food, they offer nothing nourishing. The Spanish 'insípido' and 'necedad' (tasteless, foolishness) capture both the literal sensory deficit and the figurative emptiness. What lacks taste also lacks truth.
Sentidos
1. sense 1 — The adjective functions both literally (food without seasoning) and metaphorically (words without substance). In Job 6:6, it describes actual tasteless food, establishing the sensory baseline. In Lamentations 2:14, it pivots to describe false prophetic visions—'tasteless and empty' (taphel v'shav), a phrase condemning prophecies that neither nourish nor satisfy. The parallel with 'shav' (emptiness, vanity) suggests that what lacks flavor also lacks weight and truth. Multilingual glosses show translators choosing 'insipid,' 'foolish,' or 'worthless' depending on context. 2×
AR["ما-لا-طَعْمَ", "وَتَفِهًا"]·ben["এবং-ফাঁকা", "বেস্বাদ"]·DE["[ותפל]", "[תפל]"]·EN["and-worthlessness", "tasteless-food"]·FR["[ותפל]", "תפל"]·heb["ו-תפל", "תפל"]·HI["और-व्यर्थता", "फीका"]·ID["dan-tidak-berguna", "yang-tawar"]·IT["[ותפל]", "tasteless-food"]·jav["ingkang-cemplang", "lan-tanpa-guna"]·KO["그리고-무의미한-것-을", "싱거운-것-이"]·PT["e-engano", "insípido"]·RU["безвкусное", "и-безвкусицу"]·ES["lo-insípido", "y-necedad"]·SW["kitu-kisicho-na-ladha", "na-upuuzi"]·TR["tatsız", "ve-tatsız"]·urd["اور-بے-معنی", "پھیکا"]
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Referencia BDB / Léxico
† I. תָּפֵל adj. tasteless, unseasoned;—abs. ת׳, as subst. Jb 6:6; fig. of unsatisfying prophecies La 2:14 (+ שָׁוְא).