H8080

שָׁמֵן

sha.manH:V

to grow fat

1) to be or become fat, grow fat 1a) (Qal) fat (subst) 1b) (Hiphil) to make fat, show fatness

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

I. [שָׁמֵן] verb grow fat (Late Hebrew Hiph`il id., also שֶׁמֶן Arabic be fat; Aramaic especially derived species and derivatives; שְׁמֵין adjective fat: Assyrian šammu, fat; Phoenician (Punic) שמן oil, so Palmyrene שמנא Lzb³⁷⁸; on relation of meanings Frä¹⁴⁷); —

Qal Perfect 2 masculine singular שָׁמַ֫נְתָּ Deut 32:15 and Imperfect 3 masculine singular וַיִשְׁמַן vDeut 32:15 both of Israel (prosperous and arrogant) under figure of fat beast; so Perfect 3 plural שָֽׁמְנוּ Jer 5:28 (of wicked). Hiph`il Imperfect 3 masculine plural וַיַשְׁמִינוּ Neh 9:25 were sated and shewed fatness (inner causative); Imperative masculine singular הַשְׁמֵן Isa 6:10 make fat (dull, unreceptive), לֵב הָיָם הַוֶּה.

4 occurrences

Deuteronomy (1), Nehemiah (1), Isaiah (1), Jeremiah (1)