ma.taq describes becoming sweet in Job’s image of a worm finding the dead sweet.

The lone attestation describes something becoming sweet within Job’s image of the worm and the dead.

1. Becoming sweet to the worm · dominant

   In Job 24:20, the Qal perfect masculine singular form occurs in the clause about the worm; the APB renders the verse, “the worm finds them sweet,” within the image of those who are forgotten and broken off.

   Job 24:20

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 24:20, the APB presents the clause as “the worm finds them sweet.” It does not isolate the term’s precise contribution beyond that clause.