Ṭaʻam — H2941

Definition

masculine noun

properly, a taste, i.e. ajudicial sentence

1. taste, judgment, command
1. taste
2. judgment, discretion
3. report
4. command

Usually translated as

commandment, to be commanded, matter, account

Origin

(Aramaic) from H2939; compare H2940)

• Ṭᵉʻam (H2939)
• Ṭaʻam (H2940)

Occurrences

Ṭaʻam occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (4), Daniel (1)

• Ezra 4:21 — Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.
• Ezra 5:5 — But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter (טַעְמָ֖א) came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter.
• Ezra 6:14 — And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
• Ezra 7:23 — Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
• Daniel 6:2 — And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts (טַעְמָ֔א) unto them, and the king should have no damage.