מָתֹק (mātōq) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning become sweet. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4985).
Also rendered
be sweet
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1268)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1268)become, be sweet, pleasant; become sweet, suck; relish, dainty, food; feed sweetly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מָתֹקverb: become, be sweet, pleasant
Qal
1.literally become sweet
2.be pleasant
3.suck
Strong's H4985מָתַק: to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet KJV:be (made, × take) sweet.
Strong's H4988מָתָק: a dainty, i.e. (generally) food KJV:feed sweetly.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.