Lexical Definition

‎מַשְׁמָן‎ mashmân (mash-mawn') fat ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁמַן‎

fat (one, -ness, -test, -test place).

• fat, i.e. (literally and abstractly) fatness
• but usually (figuratively and concretely) a rich dish, a fertile field, a robust man

1) fatness, fat piece, fertile place, richly prepared food
1a) fat, fatness, fat pieces
1b) oil, olive oil
2) fatness
2a) stout, vigorous
2b) fertile spots or places

Extended Information

• fat, fat piece, richly prepared food

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎שָׁמָן‎] noun [masculine] fat, fertile, place; — plural construct ‎מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ‎ (Ges^{«GKC:20a»§§ 20a}, «GKC:93ee»93ee) Gen 27:23 (poem in J; ‎מִן‎ partit), vGen 27:39 (poem in E; ‎מִן‎ priv. according to Thes Ew Di Gunk and others; < partitive here as v^b, ᵑ9 [ᵐ5](/btb/not_created.html) ἀπό in both], AV RV Nö^{Ency. Bib 1184}, compare Dr).

Also see: מִשְׁנֶה

[‎מִשְׁמָן‎] noun [masculine] fatness; — construct ‎וּמִשְׁטַן‎ ‎בְּשָׁרוֺ יֵרָוֶה‎ Isa 17:14 (figurative); plural concrete: stout, vigorous, ones, suffix ‎מִשְׁמַנָּיו‎ Isa 10:16 (opposed to ‎רָווֺן‎ on form see Ges^{«GKC:93pp»§ 93pp}), ‎מִשְׁמַנֵּיהֶם‎ Ps 78:31 = fertile spots, construct ‎מִשְׁמַנֵּי‎ ‎מְדִינָה‎ Dan 11:24. compare also 1Sam 15:9, see ‎מִשְׁנֶה‎

3.

[‎מַשְׁמָן‎] noun [masculine] fat piece, tid bit; — plural ‎מַשְׁמַנִּים‎ (Ges^l.c.) Neh 8:10 (for eating; ‎מַמְתַקִּים‎ for drinking).

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