טעם

טַעַםm. (b. h.; preced.) (pleasure, will (Jonah 3:7), 1) sense, wisdom, sound reasoning; reason, cause, ground. Ab. Zar.18a דברים של ט׳ sensible argument. Ḥull.6a להחזיר לו ט׳ to give him a clear answer.Sabb.83b ולא נתגלה טַעֲמָהּ the reason of it has not been made known. Ḥull.101b מאיזה ט׳וכ׳ for what reason it has been forbidden to them; a. fr.Pl. טְעָמִים, טְעָמִין. Snh.34a מקרא אחד יוצא לכמה ט׳ ואין טעם אחדוכ׳ one biblical expression may be used for many arguments, but one and the same argument must not be deduced from different biblical expressions. Erub.13b טַעֲמֵי טומאה arguments in favor of uncleanness; a. fr.פִּסְקי טְעָמִים the incisions, in the Bible verse, according to sense; punctuation signs, accents. Meg.3a (ref. to ויבינו במקרא, Neh. 8:8) אלו פ׳ ט׳ that means the punctuation signs; Y. ib. IV, 74d bot.; Gen. R. s. 36 (ref. to ושום שכל, Neh. l. c.) אלו הט׳ (sub. פסקי).Esp. taste. Yoma 22b, v. טָעַם. Ḥull.98b ט׳ כעיקר the taste of a forbidden thing is as forbidden as the substance itself. Pes.44b top ליתן ט׳ כעיקר to intimate that the taste (of grapes soaked in water) is equally forbidden as the substance (of grapes). Ḥull.108a טַעֲמוֹ ולא ממשווכ׳ the taste of a thing without the substance (after removing the forbidden substance) is in all cases biblically forbidden. Ib. VII, 4 אם יש בה בנותן ט׳ if there is enough of it to give a taste to the entire mixture. Ib. בזמן שמכירו בנותן ט׳ as long as it can be recognized (and removed), it depends on its giving a taste (whether or not the mixture is forbidden). Ib. 111b נותן ט׳ בר נותן ט׳ an object forbidden for its having absorbed the taste of a forbidden thing, and which (through mixture) has again given taste to another thing, a taste-giver in the second degree. Ab. Zar.39b, a. fr. נותן טעם לפגם (abbr. נ״ט) imparting a deteriorating taste, נ״ט לשבח giving an improving taste; a. v. fr.