מַשְׁמָן
mashmân · mash-mawn'
fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8080 (שָׁמַן);
fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness; but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man
- fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness
- but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fat (one, -ness, -test, -test place).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- נNun50
Picture: a sprouting seed, or a fish in water
- Concrete
- seed · sprout · fish · offspring
- Extended
- life · continuation · heir · to perpetuate
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מַשְׁמָן above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and the fatness2 · 29%
- shall be the fatness1 · 14%
- the fat1 · 14%
- the fattest1 · 14%
- among his fat ones1 · 14%
- even upon the fattest places1 · 14%
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.