ta.am denotes practical discernment or judgment, as well as the flavor of food; one proclamation uses it for a decree.

The attested uses most often concern discernment, judgment, or a person's conduct, while several food contexts concern flavor. A proclamation in Jonah 3:7 uses the construct form in the clause rendered “by the decree of the king and his nobles.”

1. Discernment, judgment, or conduct · dominant

   The noun occurs where the APB speaks of discretion in 1 Samuel 25:33, discernment taken from elders in Job 12:20, and sound judgment in Proverbs 26:16. It also appears in portrayals of a man “acting mad” in 1 Samuel 21:14 and of a beautiful woman without discretion in Proverbs 11:22; Psalm 119:66 places it beside knowledge in a request for instruction.

   1 Samuel 21:141 Samuel 25:33Job 12:20Proverbs 11:22Proverbs 26:16Psalm 119:66
2. Flavor or gustatory quality · common

   In Exodus 16:31, the construct form occurs in the description of manna, whose “taste was like wafers made with honey.” Numbers 11:8 twice uses construct forms in the preparation of manna and its taste “like the taste of a juicy bit of oil”; Job 6:6 asks whether there is any taste in egg white, and Jeremiah 48:11 says that Moab's taste remains along with unchanged aroma.

   Exodus 16:31Numbers 11:8Job 6:6Jeremiah 48:11
3. Royal decree · rare

   In Jonah 3:7, the construct form stands in the proclamation issued in Nineveh; the APB renders the governing clause “by the decree of the king and his nobles.”

   Jonah 3:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB presents the term in food descriptions as “taste” and in non-food settings through “discretion,” “discernment,” and “sound judgment”; Jonah 3:7 has “decree.” Psalm 34:1 contains the form but its supplied APB wording does not make the term's individual contribution clear.