טָעַ֜מְתִּי

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 טָעַ֜מְתִּי

   ta-AM-te

   I tasted
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי

   va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te

   and he said tasting I tasted or I surely tasted I tasted
3. clause🔊 וַיַּגֶּד־ל֣וֹ יוֹנָתָ֗ן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י מְעַ֥ט דְּבַ֖שׁ הִנְנִ֥י אָמֽוּת׃

   va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT

   and he told him Jonathan and he said tasting I tasted or I surely tasted I tasted at the end of the staff which was in my hand a little honey here I am I will die
4. sentence🔊 וַיֹּ֤אמֶר שָׁאוּל֙ אֶל־י֣וֹנָתָ֔ן הַגִּ֥ידָה לִּ֖י מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָה וַיַּגֶּד־ל֣וֹ יוֹנָתָ֗ן וַיֹּאמֶר֩ טָעֹ֨ם טָעַ֜מְתִּי בִּקְצֵ֨ה הַמַּטֶּ֧ה אֲשֶׁר־בְּיָדִ֛י מְעַ֥ט דְּבַ֖שׁ הִנְנִ֥י אָמֽוּת׃

   va-yo-MER sha-UL el-yo-na-TAN ha-gi-DA LI ME a-si-TA va-ya-GED-lo yo-na-TAN va-yo-MER ta-OM ta-AM-te bik-TSE ha-ma-TE a-sher-be-ya-DI me-AT de-VASH hin-NE a-MUT

   and he said Saul to Jonathan tell to me what you have done and he told him Jonathan and he said tasting I tasted or I surely tasted I tasted at the end of the staff which was in my hand a little honey here I am I will die

Exegesis

Jonathan’s reply begins with another vav-consecutive before the infinitive absolute taom {טָעֹם | ṭā·ʿōm} ‘to taste’, which intensifies the perfect taamti {טָעַמְתִּי | ṭā·ʿam·tî} ‘I tasted’.

Root and etymology

ט־ע־ם🔊 t–ʿ–m

“to taste”

• 🔊 טַעַםṭaʿamflavorGenesis 27:4