מָתוֹק
ma.toq
“sweet”
Definition
sweet
or מָתוּק; from H4985 (מָתַק);
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
מָתוֹק appears 9 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Light is sweet,and it pleases the eyes to see the sun.
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Woe to those who call evil goodand good evil,who turn darkness to lightand light to darkness,who replace bitter with sweetand sweet with bitter.
So he said to them:“Out of the eater came something to eat,and out of the strong came something sweet.”For three days they were unable to explain the riddle.
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson:“What is sweeter than honey?And what is stronger than a lion?”So he said to them:“If you had not plowed with my heifer,you would not have solved my riddle!”
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