טָעַם

טָעַם(b. h.) (to be bright, wise (v. Ps. 34:9), to examine, to taste, test, try, experience. Yoma 22b לא ט׳ טַעַם חטא never tasted the taste of sin (was innocent). Y.Succ.V, 55b לא היו טוֹעֲמִין טעםוכ׳ had not even a taste of sleep. Ber.35a אסור … שיִטְעוֹםוכ׳ one must not taste food without a blessing. Ib. 14a מהו שיטעום dare he (who fasts) taste food when cooking? Num. R. s. 7 כל מי … היה טוֹעֲמוֹ whoever desired to eat meat felt its taste (in the mannah); a. v. fr. Hif. הִטְעִים 1) to give to taste. Ned.66b עד שתַּטְעִימִי … לרבוכ׳ until thou makest R. J. taste of thy dish. B. Mets.75a כדי להַטְעִימָןוכ׳ in order to give them a taste of usury (that they might feel its oppressiveness). Cant. R. to VII, 2 תהא … ומטעמני (read ומַטְעִימֵנִי or ומְטַעֲמֵנִי Pi.) thou shalt bring some of them before me and let me taste them; a. fr. 2) to make tasteful, to explain. Sot.21b המַטְעִים דבריווכ׳ who explains his case to the judge (trying to preoccupy him), before his adversary appears; Tanḥ. Mishp. 6; a. e.V. מַטְעֶמֶת.