H3780 H3780
To be gorged, sated, or covered with fat; to grow thick and overfed
This verb appears only in Deuteronomy 32:15, in Moses' Song describing Israel's prosperity and subsequent rebellion. The sequence 'you grew fat, thick, gorged' uses three synonymous verbs to paint Israel as an overfed animal that kicks against its keeper. The root suggests being filled to excess with food, leading to physical corpulence. The Arabic cognate means 'filled with food,' supporting this sense of satiation beyond need.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To become gorged or covered with excess fat from overfeeding. Moses' song uses intensifying synonyms to describe Israel's material prosperity in the land, which led to spiritual complacency. Spanish 'cubriste' (you covered yourself) and French 'couvrît' (covered) interpret this as covering or layering, possibly influenced by the parallel 'grew thick.' The imagery is deliberately animalistic—Israel as a fattened beast that forgets the shepherd, a powerful metaphor for ingratitude. 1×
AR["اكْتَسَيْتَ-شَحْمًا"]·ben["পুষ্ট-হলে"]·DE["du-waren-bedeckte"]·EN["you-were-covered"]·FR["tu-étaient-couvrit"]·heb["כשית"]·HI["मोटा-हो-गया"]·ID["engkau-menjadi-tambun"]·IT["tu-furono-copri"]·jav["panjenengan-gendut"]·KO["네가-덮였다"]·PT["cobriste-te-de-gordura"]·RU["раздобрел"]·ES["te-cubriste"]·SW["umezidi"]·TR["örtüldün"]·urd["ڈھکا-ہوگیا"]
Related Senses
H7200 1. Qal: to see, perceive (1257×)G4771 2. you (singular address) (1077×)H8085 1. Qal: hear, perceive aurally (921×)H0859a 1. you (2nd person masculine singular pronoun) (743×)H0398 1. eat (consume food) (697×)H4191 1. die (Qal: natural/general death) (645×)G3708 1. see, perceive visually (419×)G0191 1. hear, perceive sound (360×)H???? 3. (352×)G3708 2. behold, look (exclamatory) (256×)H7272 1. foot (body part) (236×)H8354 1. drink, consume liquid (209×)H3205 1. Qal active: bear/give birth (female subject) (204×)H3205 2. Qal active: beget/father (male subject) (198×)H2421 1. Qal: live, be alive (177×)H8085 2. Qal: listen, heed, pay attention (172×)H2416a 1. alive, living (state/attribute) (146×)H2416e 1. life, lifespan, lifetime (145×)G2198 1. be alive, have life (133×)H8193 1. lip, lips (body part) (123×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [כָּשָׂה] vb. be sated, gorged with food (cf. Arabic كَشِىَٔ be filled with food; Assyrian kissatum, sustenance, provender, food, Zehnpf BAS i, 503);—only Qal Pf. 2 ms. שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ Dt 32:15 thou grewest fat, becamest thick, wast gorged! fig. of Isr. as fat beast (cf. Dr).