in The Targums. In Hebrew it occurs significantly in Job 7:3; Dan. 1:5, 10, 11; and in the passive at 1 Chr. 9:29. Its presence in Ps. 61:7(8) is disputed.66 Hebrew taʾam usually means “taste, discretion.” The meaning “decree” accords with the usage of the Aramaic counterpart, ṭe‘ēm, ṭa‘mâ in the postexilic Ezra 6:14; 7:23; Dan. 3:10, etc. It should be noted that Pusey, Keil, von Orelli, Wilson,67 and Aalders68 refer to the Akkadian têmu, “command,” and imply that this is an echo of Assyrian
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