שָׁמֵן
shâmên · H8082 · Hebrew · 10 occurrences
Meanings
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fat, rich
Literally: fat; hence: state in which objects such as land and food are of a high quality
ExamplesGenesis 49:20 “As for Asher, his food shall be rich, And he will yield royal delicacies.
Numbers 13:20 “And how is the land, is it productive or unproductive? Are there trees in it or not? And show yourselves courageous and get some of the fruit of the land.” Now the time was the season of the first ripe grapes.
1 Chronicles 4:40 They found pasture that was rich and good, and the land was spread out on both sides, and peaceful and undisturbed; for those who lived there previously were Hamites.
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strong, stout, sturdy
Literally: fat; hence: a person with health and energy
ExamplesJudges 3:29 They struck and killed about ten thousand Moabites at that time, all robust and valiant men; and no one escaped.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- הָיָהto be, to become 1
- שָׁמַדto destroy, to exterminate, to wipe out 1
What is said to be itIt is the predicate
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- הוּאhe, she, it 1
- חֵלֶקportion, share, part 1
- לֶחֶםbread, food 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- דָּשֵׁן dâshên · H1879 · luxuriant (plant), rich (food), to be vigorous
- Both lexemes are Hebrew adjectives meaning "fat," with שָׁמֵן (shâmên, H8082) covering a broader range (fat, lusty, plenteous) and דָּשֵׁן (dâshên, H1879) more narrowly "fat" — the overlapping senses of fatness and richness make them near-synonyms.
- בָּרִיא bârîyʼ · H1277 · fat, plump, thick
- Both lexemes denote fatness or plumpness, of animals or persons, and overlap in sense as near-synonyms.
Semantic domains 3 entries
- Domestic Animals001001002002
- This domain reflects this adjective's association with well-fed livestock, as in 1 Chronicles 4:40's description of rich pastureland found by the sons of Simeon.
- Good002001001031
- The adjective also describes rich abundance, as in Genesis 49:20's blessing that Asher's food will be rich and yield royal delicacies.
- Strong002001001063
- The adjective also describes physical vigor, as in Judges 3:29's description of the Moabites struck down as all robust and valiant men.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8082. shamen שָׁמֵן adjective fat, robust; — ׳שׁ masculine Jdg 3:29 +, feminine שְׁנֵנָה…
שָׁמֵן adjective fat, robust; — ׳שׁ masculine Jdg 3:29 +, feminine שְׁנֵנָה Gen 49:20 +; —
1 fat, rich, of food, Gen 49:20 (poem in J), Isa 30:23 (+ דָּשֵׁן), Hab 1:16 (||); of land, festile Num 13:20 (E), Neh 9:25, Neh 9:35, pasturage Eze 34:14; 1Ch 4:40. (1Sa 15:9 see מִשְׁנֶה 3).
2 stout, robust, of men Jdg 3:29 (|| חַיִל אִישׁ; see GFM); feminine collective (figurative of flock) Eze 34:16 (+ הַחֲזְקָהִ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 3 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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