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Numbers 4:13
“And they shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth thereon:” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
דָּשֵׁןdâshên · daw-shane'
H1878 · Hebrew
H1878 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
- Derivation
- a primitive root; also denominatively (from H1880 (דֶּשֶׁן))
- KJV renderings
- accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- דִשְּׁנ֖וּ — verb Piel, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 27:3Deuteronomy 31:20Psalms 20:4Psalms 23:5Proverbs 11:25
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 דָּשֵׁן 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.