Original Language Studio
Exodus 35:8
“And oil for the light, and spices for anointing oil, and for the sweet incense,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
שֶׁמֶןshemen · sheh'-men
H8081 · Hebrew
H8081 · Hebrew
- Definition
- grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
- Derivation
- from H8080 (שָׁמַן);
- KJV renderings
- anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- שֶׁ֖מֶן — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 193 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 28:18Genesis 35:14Exodus 25:6Exodus 25:6Exodus 27:20
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 שֶׁמֶן 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.