Strong's Hebrew #4985 - מָתַק mathoq (to become or be sweet or pleasant)

be made, take sweet

A primitive root; to suck, by implication, to relish, or (intransitively) be sweet -- be (made, X take) sweet.

1) to be or become sweet or pleasing
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or become sweet
1a2) to be or become pleasant
1a3) to suck
1b) (Hiphil) to give sweet taste
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1268

מָתֹק verb become or be sweet, pleasant (Late Hebrew מתק, especially Pi`el; Assyrian [matâ‡u] be sweet, in derivatives; Ethiopic sweet; Aramaic suck (with pleasure), מְתַק id., be sweet; Arabic ( before ) see smack the lips (with pleasure), sweetness); —

Qal Perfect3masculine singular suffix מְתָקוֺ Job 24:20; 3plural מָֽתְקוּ Job 21:33; Imperfect3masculine plural יִמְתָּ֑קוּ Proverbs 9:17, וַיִמְתְּקוּ Exodus 15:25; —

1 literally become sweet, of water (opposed to מָרִים) Exodus 15:25 (J); are (i.e. taste) sweet, ׳מַיִם גְּנוּבִים יִמ Proverbs 9:17 (figurative of delights of illicit pleasure).

2 = be pleasant, מָֽתְקוּ לוֺ Job 21:33 sweet (pleasant) to him are the clods of the valley (said of one resting in the grave).

3 suck (Aramaic sense, compare Syriac above) מְתָקוֺ רִמָּה Job 24:20 the worm doth suck him, feast on him (on verb masculine compare Ges^{§ 145}. 7

Kö^{Synt. § 345 a} Da^{Synt. § 113} (b)), Di De Buhl (compare Kau Da; also SS who render 'angenehm finden'), but this sense in Hebrew dubious; text perhaps corrupt (compare conjectures by Bu Du).

Hiph`il Imperfect3feminine singular אִם תַּמְתִּיק בְּפִיו רָעָה Job 20:12 if evil gives a sweet taste in his mouth (declarative Hiph`il); 1 plural אֲשֶׁר יַחְדָּו נַמְתִּיק סוֺד Psalm 55:15 we who used to make sweet (our) intimacy.

Strong's Hebrew: 4985. מָתַק (mathoq) — 5 Occurrences

Exodus 15:25
HEB: אֶל־ הַמַּ֔יִם וַֽיִּמְתְּק֖וּ הַמָּ֑יִם שָׁ֣ם
NAS: and the waters became sweet. There
KJV: the waters were made sweet: there he made
INT: to the waters became and the waters There

Job 20:12
HEB: אִם־ תַּמְתִּ֣יק בְּפִ֣יו רָעָ֑ה
NAS: evil is sweet in his mouth
KJV: Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth,
INT: Though is sweet his mouth wickedness

Job 21:33
HEB: מָֽתְקוּ־ ל֗וֹ רִגְבֵ֫י
NAS: of the valley will gently cover him; Moreover, all
KJV: of the valley shall be sweet unto him, and every man
INT: will gently the clods of the valley

Psalm 55:14
HEB: אֲשֶׁ֣ר יַ֭חְדָּו נַמְתִּ֣יק ס֑וֹד בְּבֵ֥ית
NAS: We who had sweet fellowship together
KJV: We took sweet counsel together,
INT: who together had fellowship the house

Proverbs 9:17
HEB: מַֽיִם־ גְּנוּבִ֥ים יִמְתָּ֑קוּ וְלֶ֖חֶם סְתָרִ֣ים
NAS: water is sweet; And bread
KJV: waters are sweet, and bread
INT: water Stolen is sweet and bread secret