{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4985",
  "lemma": "מָתַק",
  "transliteration": "mâthaq",
  "definition": "to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet",
  "kjv": "be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.",
  "occurrences": 5,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[מָתֹק] vb. become or be sweet, pleasant",
    "Qal",
    "1. lit. become sweet",
    "2. = be pleasant",
    "3. suck",
    "Hiph. if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth; we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy."
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 15:25",
      "text": "Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/15?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 55:15",
      "text": "We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God’s house with company.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/55?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 9:17",
      "text": "“Stolen water is sweet. Food eaten in secret is pleasant.”",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/9?v=17"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 20:12",
      "text": "“Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/20?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 21:33",
      "text": "The clods of the valley will be sweet to him. All men will draw after him, as there were innumerable before him.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/21?v=33"
    }
  ],
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