Lexical Definition

‎שָׁמֵן‎ shâmên (shaw-mane') rich ^H:A
from ‎שָׁמַן‎

fat, lusty, plenteous.

• greasy, i.e. gross
• figuratively, rich

1) fat, rich, robust
1a) fat, rich (of food)
1b) stout, robust (of men)

See Greek: ἐσθίω · παχύνω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שָׁמֵן‎ adjective fat, robust; — ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ masculine Judg 3:29 +, feminine ‎שְׁנֵנָה‎ Gen 49:20 +; —

1. fat, rich, of food, Gen 49:20 (poem in J), Isa 30:23 (+ ‎דָּשֵׁן‎), Hab 1:16 (||); of land, festile Num 13:20 (E), Neh 9:25; Neh 9:35, pasturage Ezek 34:14; 1Chr 4:40. (1Sam 15:9 see ‎מִשְׁנֶה‎

3.).

2. stout, robust, of men Judg 3:29 (|| ‎אִישׁ חַיִל‎; see GFM); feminine collective (figurative of flock) Ezek 34:16 (+ ‎הַחֲזְקָהִ‎).

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