Midvash

שֶׁמֶןshemen

fat, oil

Pronunciation: sheh'-men · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8081

Meanings

1. fat, fatness (Isaiah 5:1; Isaiah 28:1; Isaiah 28:4)

2.

a. specifically olive-oil, as rich product (Deuteronomy 8:8; Isaiah 41:19; Nehemiah 8:15)

b. ׳ שׁ as staple (condiment) (Numbers 11:8; 1 Kings 17:12; 1 Kings 17:14)

c. ׳ שׁ as medicament (Isaiah 1:6; 2 Samuel 1:21; Amos 6:6)

d. for anointing king (1 Samuel 10:1; 2 Kings 9:1; 2 Kings 9:3)

e. in various figures (Isaiah 61:3; Psalms 45:8; Psalms 55:22)

f. used in primitive worship, poured on stone (Genesis 28:18; Genesis 35:14)

g. in later ritual: for anointing priests, tabernacle, altar utensils, etc. (Exodus 30:24; Exodus 25:6; Leviticus 8:2)

h. for use in temple (1 Chronicles 9:29)

i. for תְּרוּמָה in Ezekiel's temple (Ezekiel 45:14)

j. efficacy denied (Micah 6:7)

k. offered to idols (Isaiah 57:9; Ezekiel 16:18; Ezekiel 16:19)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 193 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 28:18 The next morning Jacob got up very early. He took the stone he had rested his head against, and he set it upright as a memorial pillar. Then he poured olive oil over it.
  • Genesis 35:14 Jacob set up a stone pillar to mark the place where God had spoken to him. Then he poured wine over it as an offering to God and anointed the pillar with olive oil.
  • Exodus 25:6 olive oil for the lamps; spices for the anointing oil and the fragrant incense;
  • Exodus 27:20 “Command the people of Israel to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
  • Exodus 29:2 Then, using choice wheat flour and no yeast, make loaves of bread, thin cakes mixed with olive oil, and wafers spread with oil.
  • Exodus 29:7 Then anoint him by pouring the anointing oil over his head.
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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).