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title: שָׁמֵן — fat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁמֵן (8082), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 10 times: fat. BDB 1906: adj. fat, robust. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁמֵן

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«שָׁמֵן» in the Tanakh dictionary: **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:** 10 times · **Key:** 8082 · **BDB:** שָׁמֵן²

### Glosses

fertile (5); \[is\].rich (1); \[sheep\] (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8082/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. fat, robust [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8082/#m2)

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**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).

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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)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁמֵן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8082/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 49:20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.49.20/)

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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.

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[Habakkuk 1:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/HAB.1.16/)

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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.

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