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Job 21:33
“The clods of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man shall draw after him, as there are innumerable before him.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
מָתַקmâthaq · maw-thak'
H4985 · Hebrew
H4985 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- be (made, [idiom] take) sweet.
- Grammar
- מָֽתְקוּ — verb Qal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 15:25Job 20:12Psalms 55:15Proverbs 9:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מָתַק here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.