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title: דָּשֵׁן — be fat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּשֵׁן (1878), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: be fat. BDB 1906: vb. be fat, grow fat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּשֵׁן

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«דָּשֵׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be fat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 1878 · **BDB:** דָּשֵׁן

### Glosses

he.will.be.made.fat (2); it.has.fattened.itself (1); it.makes.fat (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be fat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1878/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be fat, grow fat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1878/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be fat, grow fat (Arabic دَسِمَ; whence also دَسَمٌ grease, fat; NH דִּשֵּׁן make fat, cf. NH דֶּשֶׁן fat)— Pf. 3 ms. וְדָשֵׁן consec. Dt 31:20 (JE) fig. of Isr.’s prosperity. Pf. דִּשַּׁנְתָּ ψ 23:5; וְדִשְּׁנוּ consec. Nu 4:13; Impf.: יְדַשְּׁנֶה־סֶּֽלָה ψ 20:4 volunt. (cf. Ges§ 48, 3 De; but perhaps read sf. -נֶהָ, -נָהּ v. Ki Gesl.c.); 3 fs. תְּדַשֶּׁן־ Pr 15:30; Inf. לְדַשְּׁנוֹ Ex 27:3—causat. make fat ד׳ בשׁמן ראשׁי i.e. anoint, symbol of festivity and joy ψ 23:5; ד׳ עָ֑צֶם Pr 15:30 of bodily effect of good news; ד׳ עולה find a burnt-offering fat = acceptable ψ 20:4; elsewhere denom. from דֶּשֶׁן (fat ashes);—take away, clear away the fat ashes (acc. of altar cleared) Nu 4:13 (P), so סירות לְדַשְּׁנוֹ Ex 27:3 (P). Impf. יְדֻשָּׁ֑ן Pr 28:25 Is 34:7; 3 fs. תְּדֻשָּׁן Pr 11:25; 13:4—pass. of causat. Pi. be made fat, of dust saturated מֵחֵלֶב Is 34:7; fig. of prosperity of the liberal Pr 11:25, the diligent 13:4, the trustful 28:25. Pf. 3 fs. הֻדַּ֫שְׁנָה (cf. Ol§ 271 Ges§ 54, 3) Is 34:6, of Yahweh’s sword:—it hath fattened itself מֵחֶלֶב (‖ מָֽלְאָה דָּם).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּשֵׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1878/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 11:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.11.25/)

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נֶֽפֶשׁ־בְּרָכָ֥ה תְדֻשָּׁ֑ן וּ֝מַרְוֶ֗ה גַּם־ה֥וּא יוֹרֶֽא׃

*Word for word:* a.person of.blessing he.will.be.made.fat and \[one.who\].gives.water also he he.will.be.watered

*JPS 1917:* The beneficent soul shall be made rich, and he that satisfieth abundantly shall be satisfied also himself.

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[Proverbs 15:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.15.30/)

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מְֽאוֹר־עֵ֭ינַיִם יְשַׂמַּֽח־לֵ֑ב שְׁמוּעָ֥ה ט֝וֹבָ֗ה תְּדַשֶּׁן־עָֽצֶם׃

*Word for word:* light of.eyes it.makes.glad a.heart a.report good it.makes.fat \[the\].bone\[s\]

*JPS 1917:* The light of the eyes rejoiceth the heart; and a good report maketh the bones fat.

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