שׁמן (shmn) — to be well-fed / to make (someone's) heart fat > to make (someone's) mind dull and unresponsive

Form 1

Part of speech: vb

Related lemmas: אַשְׁמַנִּים · מִשְׁמָן · מַשְׁמַנִּים · שָׁמָן · שָׁמֵן · שֶׁמֶן

Sense 1: to be well-fed

Semantic domains: Fat (002001001027)

Core domains: Body (019); Well-Being (196)

Definition: literally: to be fat; hence: = state in which humans or animals look healthy and strong ◄ as a result of an abundance of food; ≈ it is important to note that fatness is usually regarded as a good quality in the OT, even though the causes and consequences are not necessarily considered positive; sometimes, however, fatness is associated with dullness and unresponsiveness

Forms: vbqal-; vbhif-

Synonyms: כשׂה · עבה · עשׁת

Show passage in OET: DEU 32:15

OET-RV DEU 32:15

15 So the good fellow got fat and kicked—
⇔ ≈ you were fat, getting bloated, you gorged.
⇔ Then he abandoned the God who created him,
⇔ ≈ and he rejected the rock that had saved him.

OET-LV DEU 32:15

15 And_ Yəshurūn/(Jeshurun) _he _became _fat and_he _kicked you _have _become _fat you _have _become _bloated you _have _become _gorged and_he _abandoned god who_he_made _him and_he _treated _with _contempt the _rock _of his _salvation _of_his.

Show passage in OET: NEH 9:25

OET-RV NEH 9:25

25 They captured fortified cities and productive land, and they took over houses full of all good things, stone cisterns, vineyards and olive orchards, and lots of fruit trees. They ate and were satisfied, and grew fat and enjoyed themselves as a result of your amazing goodness.

OET-LV NEH 9:25

25 And_they _captured cities fortified and_ground fertile and_they _took _possession _of houses full every _of good _thing wells dug _out vineyards and_olive _trees and_tree food to_increase _in _number and_they _ate and_they _were _satisfied and_they _grew _fat and_they _luxuriated in_goodness _of_your (the)_great.

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All 3 recorded passages for this sense

DEU: OET DEU 32:15

NEH: OET NEH 9:25

JER: OET JER 5:28

Sense 2: to make (someone's) heart fat > to make (someone's) mind dull and unresponsive

Semantic domains: Foolish (002001002010)

Core domains: Mind (106); Wisdom (199)

Definition: literally: to cause (someone else's) heart to be fat; hence: = causative action by which humans cause the mind of other humans to be dull and unresponsive

Forms: vbhif-

Collocations: שׁמן לֵב

Synonyms: כבד · שׁעע

Show passage in OET: ISA 6:10

OET-RV ISA 6:10

10 Fatten the heart of this people,
⇔ ≈ and dull its ears and dim its eyes.
⇔ Otherwise it might see with its eyes
⇔ ≈ and hear with its ears
⇔ and understand with its heart,
⇔ → and turn and be healed.”

OET-LV ISA 6:10

10 Make _fat the _heart _of the _people the_this and_ears _of_its make _heavy and_eyes _of_its seal _over lest it _should _see with_eyes _of_its and_with_ears _of_its it _will _hear and_heart _of_its it _will _understand and_it _will _return and_someone _will _heal to_him/it.

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UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שׁמן

Form 1

Sense 1: to be well-fed

Sense 2: to make (someone's) heart fat > to make (someone's) mind dull and unresponsive