Original Language Studio
Deuteronomy 32:15
“But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8080 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- become (make, wax) fat.
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּשְׁמַ֤ן — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 5 times in the Hebrew Bible.Nehemiah 9:25Isaiah 6:10Jeremiah 5:28
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שָׁמַן here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.