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title: דֶּשֶׁן — fatness · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֶּשֶׁן (1880), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 15 times: fatness. BDB 1906: n.m. fatness, fat ashes. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֶּשֶׁן

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«דֶּשֶׁן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **fatness** — 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:** 15 times · **Key:** 1880 · **BDB:** דֶּ֫שֶׁן

### Glosses

fatness (6); ash (5); the.fatty.ash (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fatness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1880/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. fatness, fat ashes [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1880/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. fatness, fat ashes—abs. ד׳ ψ 63:6 + 8 times, דָּ֑שֶׁן Lv 1:16 + 3 times; cstr. דֶּשֶׁן ψ 36:9; sf. דִּשְׁנִי Ju 9:9— fatness, abundance, luxuriance, oil, Ju 9:9 (of olive tree); abundance, fertility ψ 63:5 (in simile ‖ חֵלֶב), 65:12, of food and drink, Jb 36:16 Je 31:14; passing over into fig. of spiritual blessing ψ 36:9 (ד׳ ביתך), Is 55:2. fat ashes, i.e. ashes of victims, mixed with the fat Lv 1:16; 4:12(×2); 6:3, 4 (all P) Je 31:40 1 Ki 13:3, 5.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 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 «דֶּשֶׁן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1880/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 65:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.65.12/)

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עִ֭טַּרְתָּ שְׁנַ֣ת טוֹבָתֶ֑ךָ וּ֝מַעְגָּלֶ֗יךָ יִרְעֲפ֥וּן דָּֽשֶׁן׃

*Word for word:* you.crown the.year your.goodness your and tracks your they drip fatness

*JPS 1917:* Thou crownest the year with Thy goodness; and Thy paths drop fatness.

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[Psalms 36:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.36.9/)

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יִ֭רְוְיֻן מִדֶּ֣שֶׁן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְנַ֖חַל עֲדָנֶ֣יךָ תַשְׁקֵֽם׃

*Word for word:* they take.their.fill from the.fatness your.house your and the.river your.delights your you give.them.to.drink

*JPS 1917:* They are abundantly satisfied with the fatness of Thy house; and Thou makest them drink of the river of Thy pleasures.

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