שָׁמֵן
shâmên · shaw-mane'
greasy, i.e. gross; figuratively, rich
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8080 (שָׁמַן);
greasy, i.e. gross; figuratively, rich
- greasy, i.e. gross
- figuratively, rich
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: fat, lusty, plenteous.
Letters
- 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)
to consume, to destroy › water, chaos, the mighty deep › the seed, life continuing
To consume, to destroy of water, chaos, the mighty deep of the seed, life continuing.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁמֵן 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
10 occurrences · 10 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shall be fat1 · 10%
- is, whether it be fat1 · 10%
- all lusty1 · 10%
- fat1 · 10%
- and a fat1 · 10%
- and fat1 · 10%
- and plenteous1 · 10%
- and in a fat1 · 10%
- the fat1 · 10%
- is fat1 · 10%
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.