עָשַׁתʻâshath
עָשַׁת: smooth or shiny (?)
Pronunciation: aw-shath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6245
Meanings
Qal: they have grown fat, they are smooth, shine (Jeremiah 5:28; Jeremiah 5:27)
עָשַׁת: think
Hithpa`el: God will give a thought to us (Jonah 1:6; Psalms 40:18)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- Jeremiah 5:28 They are fat and sleek, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse to provide justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.
- Jonah 1:6 So the captain went down after him. “How can you sleep at a time like this?” he shouted. “Get up and pray to your god! Maybe he will pay attention to us and spare our lives.”
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).