מָתָק mâthâq — a dainty, i.e. (generally) food
Translated in the KJV as feed sweetly.
from H4985; a dainty, i.e. (generally) food.
mâthâq in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Perfect (qatal) 1
מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ Job 24:20 Perfect (qatal), 3rd person masculine singular
The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›