{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4966",
  "lemma": "מָתוֹק",
  "transliteration": "mâthôwq",
  "definition": "sweet",
  "kjv": "sweet(-er, -ness).",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H4985",
      "lemma": "מָתַק",
      "transliteration": "mâthaq",
      "meaning": "to suck, by implication, to relish",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H4985"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "מָתוֹק adj. sweet, and n.[m.] sweetness"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:14",
      "text": "He said to them, “Out of the eater came out food. Out of the strong came out sweetness.” They couldn’t in three days…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Judges 14:18",
      "text": "The men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey? What is…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/judges/14?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 5:20",
      "text": "Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/5?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezekiel 3:3",
      "text": "He said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll that I give you and fill your belly and your bowels with it.” Then I ate…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezekiel/3?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 19:11",
      "text": "They are more to be desired than gold, yes, than much fine gold, sweeter also than honey and the extract of the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/19?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 16:24",
      "text": "Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/16?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 24:13",
      "text": "My son, eat honey, for it is good, the droppings of the honeycomb, which are sweet to your taste;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/24?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 27:7",
      "text": "A full soul loathes a honeycomb; but to a hungry soul, every bitter thing is sweet.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/27?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Song of Songs 2:3",
      "text": "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/song-of-songs/2?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ecclesiastes 5:11",
      "text": "The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ecclesiastes/5?v=11"
    }
  ],
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