Words the Bible translates as fatness
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shemenשֶׁמֶןolive oil: the pressed, refined product of the olive, used as food, fuel, medicine, cosmetic, sacred anointing, and the most vivid biblical image for abundance and joy
- deshenדֶּשֶׁןrich abundance: plentiful, satisfying good food and overflowing provision
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- the greasy ashes of the offerings: the fat-soaked ash left when a sacrifice has burned, gathered from the altar and carried away
- mishmanמִשְׁמָןthe fat of something: its rich, thick, choicest part, whether a land's fertility, a table's best food, or the flesh on a well fed body.
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