H4924a H4924a
fatness, fertile places; rich agricultural land or abundance
This plural construct form appears in Isaac's twin blessings to Jacob and Esau, describing 'the fatness of the earth'—prime agricultural land producing abundant crops. The identical phrase appears in both Genesis 27:28 and 27:39, though interpreters debate whether Esau's blessing promises the same fertility (partitive 'from') or denies it (privative 'away from'). Either way, the term evokes the richness of well-watered soil yielding grain, wine, and oil in abundance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Found in Genesis 27:28 and 27:39, both in Isaac's prophetic blessings over his sons. The cross-linguistic glosses consistently render this as 'fatness' or 'richness' (English 'fatness', Spanish 'grosura', French 'graisse', German 'Fettgefilden'), emphasizing the agricultural fertility and material prosperity associated with blessed land. 2×
AR["بَعيداً-عَن-دَسَمِ", "وَ-مِن-دَسَمِ"]·ben["আর-উর্বরতা-থেকে", "উর্বরতা-থেকে"]·DE["fern-von-den-Fettgefilden", "und-von-den-Fettgefilden"]·EN["and-from-fatness-of", "from-fatness-of"]·FR["de-graisse-de", "et-de-graisse-de"]·heb["ו-מ-שמני", "מ-שמני"]·HI["और-चिकनाई-से", "चिकनाई-से-दूर"]·ID["dan-dari-lemak", "dari-lemak"]·IT["da-fatness-di", "e-da-fatness-di"]·jav["lan-saking-lemuripun", "saking-lemuripun"]·KO["그리고-에서-기름진-것을", "에서-기름진-것"]·PT["de-gordura-de", "e-de-gordura-de"]·RU["и-от-тука", "от-тука"]·ES["de-grosura-de", "y-de-grosura-de"]·SW["mbali-na-unono", "na-kutoka-unono"]·TR["ve-yağlılığından", "yağlılığından"]·urd["اور-چکنائی-سے", "چکنائی-سے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [שָׁמָן] n.[m.] fat, fertile, place;—pl. cstr. מִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ (Ges§§ 20 a, 93 ee) Gn 27:28 (poem in J; מִן partit.), v 39 (poem in E; מִן priv. according to Thes Ew Di Gunk al.; ἀπὸ in both], AV RV NöEncy. Bib. 1184, cf. Dr).