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title: עָשַׁת — be smooth · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עָשַׁת (lemma:עָשַׁת), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 1 times: be smooth. BDB 1906: vb. be smooth shiny. With 1 verse in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עָשַׁת

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«עָשַׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **be smooth** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:עָשַׁת · **BDB:** עָשַׁת

### Glosses

they.have.become.smooth (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be smooth [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5ea/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be smooth shiny [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5ea/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be smooth or shiny (?), si vera l. (cf. עֶשֶׁת);—only Pf. 3 pl. שָֽׁמְנוּ עָֽשְׁתוּ Je 5:28 (fig.) they have grown fat, they are smooth (or shine, from fat); doubtful word, Thes conj. עָֽשְׁרוּ have grown rich (cf. 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗), so Gie (but וַיַּעֲשִׁירוּ precedes, v 27).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (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 «עָשַׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b8_5e9_5b7_5c1_5ea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Jeremiah 5:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JER.5.28/)

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שָׁמְנ֣וּ עָשְׁת֗וּ גַּ֚ם עָֽבְר֣וּ דִבְרֵי־רָ֔ע דִּ֣ין לֹא־דָ֔נוּ דִּ֥ין יָת֖וֹם וְיַצְלִ֑יחוּ וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט אֶבְיוֹנִ֖ים לֹ֥א שָׁפָֽטוּ׃

*Word for word:* they.have.become.fat they.have.become.smooth also they.have.transgressed matters of.evil a.cause not they.have.pleaded \[the\].cause of.\[the\].fatherless and they.will.have.success and.\[the\] justice of.needy.\[people\] not they.have.judged

*JPS 1917:* They are waxen fat, they are become sleek; yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they might make it to prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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