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title: שָׁמָן — fat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: שָׁמָן (lemma:שָׁמָן), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: fat. BDB 1906: fat, fertile, place. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שָׁמָן

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«שָׁמָן» 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:** 2 times · **Key:** lemma:שָׁמָן · **BDB:** שָׁמָן

### Glosses

from.the.fatness(es) (1); of.the.fatness(es) (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

fat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5de_5b8_5df/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

fat, fertile, place [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5de_5b8_5df/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.\[m.\] fat, fertile, place;—pl. cstr. מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ (Ges§§ 20 a, 93 ee) Gn 27:28 (poem in J; מִן partit.), v 39 (poem in E; מִן priv. according to Thes Ew Di Gunk al.; Ency. Bib. 1184, cf. Dr).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (7 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שָׁמָן» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b8_5c1_5de_5b8_5df/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Genesis 27:28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.28/)

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וְיִֽתֶּן־לְךָ֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים מִטַּל֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וּמִשְׁמַנֵּ֖י הָאָ֑רֶץ וְרֹ֥ב דָּגָ֖ן וְתִירֹֽשׁ׃

*Word for word:* and may.he.give to you (the) God some of.the.dew of the.heavens and some of.the.fatness(es) of the.earth and abundance of.grain and new.wine

*JPS 1917:* So God give thee of the dew of heaven, and of the fat places of the earth, and plenty of corn and wine.

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[Genesis 27:39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.27.39/)

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וַיַּ֛עַן יִצְחָ֥ק אָבִ֖יו וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֑יו הִנֵּ֞ה מִשְׁמַנֵּ֤י הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ יִהְיֶ֣ה מֽוֹשָׁבֶ֔ךָ וּמִטַּ֥ל הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם מֵעָֽל׃

*Word for word:* and he.answered Isaac father his and he.said to him there! away from.the.fatness(es) of the.earth it.will.be dwelling your and away from.the.dew of the.heavens (from) above

*JPS 1917:* And Isaac his father answered and said unto him: Behold, of the fat places of the earth shall be thy dwelling, and of the dew of heaven from above;

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