טְעֵםṭᵉʻêm
: taste, judgment, command
Pronunciation: teh-ame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2942
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)
טְעֵם: counsel, (see טְעֵם 2) (Daniel 2:14)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:8 Rehum the governor and Shimshai the court secretary wrote the letter, telling King Artaxerxes about the situation in Jerusalem.
- Ezra 4:9 They greeted the king for all their colleagues—the judges and local leaders, the people of Tarpel, the Persians, the Babylonians, and the people of Erech and Susa (that is, Elam).
- Ezra 4:17 Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.
- Ezra 4:19 I ordered a search of the records and have found that Jerusalem has indeed been a hotbed of insurrection against many kings. In fact, rebellion and revolt are normal there!
- Ezra 4:21 Therefore, issue orders to have these men stop their work. That city must not be rebuilt except at my express command.
- Ezra 5:3 But Tattenai, governor of the province west of the Euphrates River, and Shethar-bozenai and their colleagues soon arrived in Jerusalem and asked, “Who gave you permission to rebuild this Temple and restore this structure?”
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).