Lexical Summary shemen: fat, oil Original Word: שֶׁמֶןTransliteration: shemen Phonetic Spelling: (sheh'-men) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: fat, oil Meaning: grease, liquid, richness Strong's Concordance anointing, fat things, fruitful, oiled, ointment, olive, pine From shaman; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness -- anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine. see HEBREW shaman Brown-Driver-Briggs H8081. shemen שֶׁ֫מֶן192 noun masculine 2 Kings 20:13 (on apparently feminine Song of Solomon 1:3 compare AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 99, 106) fat, oil; — ׳שׁ absolute Genesis 28:28 +, construct Leviticus 8:2 +; ׳שָׁ֑ 2 Kings 4:6 +; suffix שַׁמְנִי Hosea 2:7 +, etc.; plural שְׁמָנִים Amos 6:6 +; suffix שְׁמָנֶיךָ Song of Solomon 1:3, נַיִח- 4:10; — 1 fat, fatness: בֶּןשֿׁ ׳קֶרֶן Isaiah 5:1 (of fertile slope); plural גֵּיאשְֿׁמָנִים 28:1, 4; of food (in figurative) 25:6 (twice in verse); literal מִשָּׁ֑מֶן כָּחַשׁ כְּשָׂרִי Psalm 109:24 (compare צוֺם va), compare שׁ ׳מִמְּנֵי Isaiah 10:27 (in figurative, si vera lectio, meaning obscure; most now emend by conjecture; RSJPH xili (1885), 62 שֹׁרֵד מִצָּפוֺן עָלָה [see also II. חבל], joining to 10:28; Du Marti has gone up from Pene-Rimmon [??], compare Di-Kit). 2. a. oil, specifically olive-oil, as rich product Deuteronomy 8:8 + (see זַיִת); hence שׁ ׳עֵץ Isaiah 41:19 oil-tree, usually explained as wild olive, oleaster, so Nehemiah 8:15 ("" וַיִת), שׁ ׳עֲצֵי oleaster-wood 1 Kings 6:23, 31, 32, 33; once ׳שׁ הַמֹּר Esther 2:2 (see מֹר p. 600:b; ׳מ also in holy anointing oil Exodus 30:23). b. ׳שׁ as staple (codiment) Numbers 11:8 (J; see לשׁד), of value 1 Kings 17:12, 14, 16; 2 Kings 2:4, 6, 7 4t.; symbol of plenty Deuteronomy 32:13; 33:24; Job 29:6; ascribed (fassely) to gift of Baals Hosea 2:7; as royal treasure 2 Kings 20:13 = Isaiah 39:2, compare 1 Kings 5:25 (׳שׁ תִית כָּ, see ׳כ) = 2 Chronicles 2:9; 2:14 3t.; tribute Hosea 12:2, article of trade Ezekiel 27:17; odoriferous Proverbs 27:9; Song of Solomon 1:3; 4:10, ׳שׁ רוֺקֵחַ Ecclesiastes 10:1, so (figurative) Song of Solomon 1:3; Ecclesiastes 7:1; Proverbs 27:16 is corrupt, see Toy; sign of luxury Ezekiel 16:13; Proverbs 21:17, of prosperity Ezekiel 16:20. c. ׳שׁ as medicament Isaiah 1:6; as unguent, for shield 2 Samuel 1:21, person Amos 6:6; Micah 6:15; Deuteronomy 28:40; Ezekiel 16:9; Esther; Psalm 92:11; 104:15, not for mourner 2 Samuel 14:2; on head token of happiness Ecclesiastes 9:8, of hospitality, בַּמֹּ ׳דִּמַּנְתָּ ראֹשִׁי Psalm 23:5 (figurative), in simile 133:2; 141:5. d. for anointing king, הַשּׂ ׳מַּח 1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1, 3, compare 9:6, with קֶרֶן 1 Samuel 16:1, 13; 1 Kings 1:39; compare ׳בְּשׁ מְשַׁחְתִּיו קָדְשִׁי Psalm 89:21. e. in various figs., of joy ׳שׁ שָׂשׂוֺן Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 45:8; soft words 55:22; Proverbs 5:3; as penetrating Prov 109:18; as clear, transparent Ezekiel 32:14. f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone Genesis 28:18 (E), 35:14 (J). g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (P), made of various ingred., ׳שׁ וַיִת among them, Exodus 30:24, ׳שׁ הַמִּשְׁתָה 25:6; Leviticus 8:2, 10, 12 11t.; ׳שׁ מִשְׁחַתקֹֿדֶשׁ Exodus 30:25 (twice in verse) + 2t.; ׳שׁ ׳מ ׳י Leviticus 10:7, ׳שׁ ׳מ אֱםהָיו 21:12; ׳שׁ ׳הקּ Numbers 35:25; ׳שׁ alone Leviticus 14:10 12t. Leviticus 14; for lighting Exodus 25:6 6t. + ׳שׁ חִית כָּ זָח זַיִת 27:20; Leviticus 24:2 (see תִית כָּ); poured upon מִנְחָה 2:1 5t., compare 5:11; Numbers 5:15; smeared (see מָשַׁח) upon wafers Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4 +, and cakes (or mixed in the making? compare בָּלַל) Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 2:4-5, +, so בַּשׁ ׳סֹלֶת 2:7 etc. (c. 45 t. in all), שׁ לֶחֶם ׳חַלַּת Exodus 29:23; Leviticus 8:26. h. for use in temple 1 Chronicles 9:29. i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 45:14 (twice in verse) + 7 t. 45, 46. j. efficacy denied Micah 6:7 k. offered to idols Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18-19, 23:41. — See MacalisterHast. DB OIL ARSKEncy. Bib. OIL. |
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