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שָׁמֵן

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8082

fat — used 10 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

fat tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שָׁמֵן²: adj. fat, robust tree →

The whole BDB entry

adj. fat, robust;—שׁ׳ m. Ju 3:29 +, f. שְׁמֵנָה Gn 49:20 +;— fat, rich, of food, Gn 49:20 (poem in J), Is 30:23 (+ דָּשֵׁן), Hb 1:16 (‖ בְּרִאָה); of land, fertile Nu 13:20 (E), Ne 9:25, 35, pasturage Ez 34:14 1 Ch 4:40. (1 S 15:9 v. מִשְׁנֶה 3). stout, robust, of men Ju 3:29 (‖ אִישׁ חַיִל; v. GFM); f. coll. (fig. of flock) Ez 34:16 (+ הַחֲזָקָה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 10 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: fertile (5); [is] rich (1); [sheep] (1).

In the verses

Genesis 49:20 · tree →

מֵאָשֵׁ֖ר שְׁמֵנָ֣ה לַחְמ֑וֹ וְה֥וּא יִתֵּ֖ן מַֽעֲדַנֵּי־מֶֽלֶךְ׃ס

Word for word: from Asher [will.be].rich food his and he he.will.provide delicacies of.a.king

JPS 1917: As for Asher, his bread shall be fat, and he shall yield royal dainties.

Habakkuk 1:16 · tree →

עַל־כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ כִּ֤י בָהֵ֙מָּה֙ שָׁמֵ֣ן חֶלְק֔וֹ וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ בְּרִאָֽה׃

Word for word: therefore he.sacrifices to net his and he.makes.smoke to his.fishing net (dm) by them [is].rich portion his and food his [is].fat

JPS 1917: Therefore they sacrifice unto their net, and offer unto their drag; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plenteous.

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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