mam.taq denotes sweet things in drinking and sweetness attributed to a beloved’s mouth.

The attested uses show sweet things in an instruction to drink in Nehemiah 8:10 and sweetness attributed to a beloved’s mouth in Song of Songs 5:16.

1. Sweet things for drinking · common

   In Nehemiah 8:10, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the instruction to eat fat pieces and drink; the APB renders the clause “drink sweetness.”

   Nehemiah 8:10
2. Sweetness in praise of a beloved · common

   In Song of Songs 5:16, the masculine plural absolute form occurs in the description of the beloved’s mouth; the APB renders, “His mouth is sweetness,” within a statement that he is altogether desirable.

   Song of Songs 5:16

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term in a drinking instruction as “drink sweetness” in Nehemiah 8:10 and in praise of a beloved’s mouth as “His mouth is sweetness” in Song of Songs 5:16. These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.