מַטְעָם
mat.am
delicacy
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word מַטְעָם (mat'am) is a term that refers to a delicacy. This word appears 8 times in the Bible, indicating its importance either in culinary or metaphorical contexts. In its literal sense, mat'am likely describes a refined or exquisite food item, possibly a dish served at special occasions or a luxury food. However, its usage also extends beyond the culinary realm, as it may be used to describe something that is refined, delicate, or of high quality in a broader sense. The frequency of its occurrence in the Bible suggests that mat'am held significance in ancient Jewish culture, possibly highlighting the importance of refined taste, luxury, or the appreciation of finer things in life.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”
Proverbs 23:3Don’t be desirous of his dainties, since they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23:6Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye, and don’t crave his delicacies:
Genesis 27:4Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”
Genesis 27:7‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’
Genesis 27:9Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
Genesis 27:14He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
Genesis 27:17She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.