טעם

Aramaic

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טעם • (t'em) m

decree
- Tanach, Ezra 5:13, with translation of the New International Version:
  בְּרַם בִּשְׁנַת חֲדָה לְכוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא דִּי בָבֶל כּוֹרֶשׁ מַלְכָּא שָׂם טְעֵם בֵּית־אֱלָהָא דְנָה לִבְּנֵא.
  bərám bishənát ḥadá lichóresh malká di vavél kóresh malká sam tə'ém bēt-elahá dəná libbəné.
  “However, in the first year of Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

טעם • (ta'am)

Root
ט־ע־ם (ṭ-ʿ-m)
4 terms

Cognate with Arabic طَعْم (ṭaʕm, “taste”) and طَعَمَ (ṭaʕama, “to taste”).

טַעַם • (tá'am) m (plural indefinite טְעָמִים, plural construct טַעֲמֵי־) [pattern: קֶטֶל]

taste (sense)
taste, flavour (objective quality of a substance as perceived by the sense of taste)
שאלה של טעם ― A matter of taste

יש לזה טעם של טחינה ― It tastes like tahini (literally, “it has a taste of tahini”)
logic, a reason, a point, an interest
אין טעם לצעוק כי הוא לא ישמע. ― There is no point to yelling because he will not hear.

מטעמי ביטחון ― mita'amé bitakhón ― in the interest(s) of security; on security grounds

מטעמי בטיחות ― mita'amé btikhút ― for safety reasons
- 1997, “סוף העולם בלוז‎”, in Bernard Velouise (Bernard and Louise), performed by Meir Ariel:
  אין טעם לכסות ש אין הרבה מה לעשות
  There is no reason to cover up that there is not much to do
(linguistics) a stress, an accent
a cantillation mark

על טעם וריח אין להתווכח / עַל טַעַם וְרֵיחַ אֵין לְהִתְוַכֵּחַ (al ta'ám v'réakh en l'hitvakéach)
= טֲעַמֵי־הַמִּקְרָא (Ṭăʿamê-hammiqrāʾ, “The Cantilation of the Hebrew Bible”, literally “The accents/stresses of the Hebrew Bible)”)

טָעַם • (ta'ám) (pa'al construction)

to taste
- לירן דנינו, חוזר אלייך (Liran Danino, Returning to You)
  ב סוף אני חוזר אלייך — אחרי שטעמתי את ה חיים ש בלעדייך
  basof ani khozer elayikh — akhrei sheta'amti et hakhayim shebiladayikh
  in the end I'll come back to you — after I've tasted life without you

Conjugation of **טָעַם** (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
finite forms		singular		plural
non-finite forms		to-infinitive		לטעום / לִטְעֹם
		action noun		טְעִימָה
		passive participle		—

finite forms		m	f	m	f
past	first	טָעַמְתִּי		טָעַמְנוּ
	second	טָעַמְתָּ	טָעַמְתְּ	טְעַמְתֶּם¹	טְעַמְתֶּן¹
	third	טָעַם	טָעֲמָה	טָעֲמוּ
present		טוֹעֵם	טוֹעֶמֶת	טוֹעֲמִים	טוֹעֲמוֹת
future	first	אֶטְעַם		נִטְעַם
	second	תִּטְעַם	תִּטְעֲמִי	תִּטְעֲמוּ	תִּטְעַמְנָה²
	third	יִטְעַם	תִּטְעַם	יִטְעֲמוּ	תִּטְעַמְנָה²
imperative	positive	טְעַם	טַעֲמִי	טַעֲמוּ	טְעַמְנָה²
imperative	negative	אַל + Second person future tense

¹ Pronounced טָעַמְתֶּם and טָעַמְתֶּן in informal Modern Hebrew.
² Rare in Modern Hebrew.

From Hebrew טַעַם (tá'am, “taste”).

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טעם • (tam) m, plural טעמען (tamen) or טעמים (taymem)