# מָתָק (mataq)

Israeli respelling: ma-taq. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4988. 1 Old Testament occurrences.

a dainty, i.e. (generally) food

King James renderings: feed sweetly.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mataq-h4988

## Occurrences

- [Job 24:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/24/20) — 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.