מֹתֶק

«מֹתֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: sweetness — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

Used: 1 times · Key: 4987 · BDB: מֹ֫תֶק

Glosses

sweetness (1)

Meaning (OSHB)

sweetness tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

sweetness tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.[m.] sweetness;—only sf. מָתְקִי Ju 9:11 my sweetness (fig-tree loquitur), i.e. sweetness of the fruit.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «מֹתֶק» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Judges 9:11

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ הַתְּאֵנָ֔ה הֶחֳדַ֙לְתִּי֙ אֶת־מָתְקִ֔י וְאֶת־תְּנוּבָתִ֖י הַטּוֹבָ֑ה וְהָ֣לַכְתִּ֔י לָנ֖וּעַ עַל־הָעֵצִֽים׃

Word for word: and it.said to them the.fig tree will I.cease? (et) sweetness my and (et) fruit my (the) good and will.I.go to sway over the trees

JPS 1917: But the fig-tree said unto them: Should I leave my sweetness, and my good fruitage, and go to hold sway over the trees?

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