מַטְעַםmaṭʻam
tasty or savoury food, dainties (Genesis 27:4; Genesis 27:7; Genesis 27:9; Genesis 27:14; Genesis 27:17)
Pronunciation: mat-am' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4303
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 8 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 27:4 Prepare my favorite dish, and bring it here for me to eat. Then I will pronounce the blessing that belongs to you, my firstborn son, before I die.”
- Genesis 27:7 ‘Bring me some wild game and prepare me a delicious meal. Then I will bless you in the Lord’s presence before I die.’
- Genesis 27:9 Go out to the flocks, and bring me two fine young goats. I’ll use them to prepare your father’s favorite dish.
- Genesis 27:14 So Jacob went out and got the young goats for his mother. Rebekah took them and prepared a delicious meal, just the way Isaac liked it.
- Genesis 27:17 Then she gave Jacob the delicious meal, including freshly baked bread.
- Genesis 27:31 Esau prepared a delicious meal and brought it to his father. Then he said, “Sit up, my father, and eat my wild game so you can give me your blessing.”
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).