fatness
noun
In Jewish tradition
It can mean the rich produce of the land, or the pride of the well-fed.
Interpretation. Tradition reads "fatness" dropping from God's paths as blessing and plenty, while fatness in the wicked is a picture of pride and ease.
Meaning
Richness or abundance, and also fat as a body feature. tree →
Examples
- Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness. (Writings PSA.65.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- My knees totter through fasting; and my flesh is lean, and hath no fatness. (Writings PSA.109.24, JPS 1917) tree →
- Their eyes stand forth from fatness; they are gone beyond the imaginations of their heart. (Writings PSA.73.7, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «fatness» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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