טַעַםṭaʻam

taste, judgment, command

Pronunciation: tah'-am · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2941

Meanings

1. the taste (Daniel 5:2)

2. judgment, discretion (Daniel 2:14; Proverbs 26:16; Daniel 3:12)

3. report, (of official) (Ezra 5:5; Daniel 6:3)

4. give command, issue decree (Ezra 6:14; Ezra 7:23; Daniel 3:10)

Same root

טְעַםṭᵉʻam · H2939to taste; causatively to feed
טַעַםṭaʻam · H2940properly, a taste, i.e. (figuratively) perception; by implication, intelligence; transitively, a mandate
טְעֵםṭᵉʻêm · H2942properly, flavor; figuratively, judgment (both subjective and objective); hence, account (both subjectively and objectively)

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

Ezra 5:5 But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.
Daniel 6:2 The king also chose Daniel and two others as administrators to supervise the high officers and protect the king’s interests.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).