מַשְׁמָן

mashman · fatness, richness

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H4924 · appears 7 times in the Bible

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What it means

mashman (מַשְׁמָן) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “fatness, richness”.

The most fertile part of the land; also the best food and the strongest men.

How to say it

mash·man

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The most fertile land; savory food.
  2. The sturdy, well-fed men.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • richness ×2
  • among his stout ones ×1
  • among their sturdiest ×1
  • fatness ×1
  • rich fatty foods ×1
  • richest parts ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Genesis 27:28

    May Elohim give you of the dew of the heavens and of the richness of the earth, and plenty of grain and new wine.

  • Genesis 27:39

    Isaac his father answered and said to him, “Look, away from the richness of the earth will be your dwelling, and away from the dew of the heavens from above.

  • Nehemiah 8:10

    And he said to them, “Go, eat rich fatty foods and drink sweet drinks, and send portions to the one for whom nothing is prepared, for holy is the day to our Lord; and do not be grieved, for the joy of YHWH is your stronghold.”

  • Psalms 78:31

    when the anger of Elohim rose against them, and he killed among their sturdiest, and the young men of Israel he brought low.

  • Isaiah 10:16

    Therefore the Lord, YHWH Tsevaot, will send leanness among his stout ones, and under his glory a burning will burn like the burning of fire.

  • Isaiah 17:4

    And it will happen, on that day, the glory of Jacob will be made small, and the fatness of his flesh will grow lean.

  • Daniel 11:24

    In a time of ease, and into the richest parts of the province, he will come, and he will do what his fathers did not do, nor the fathers of his fathers: plunder and spoil and goods he will scatter among them, and against fortified places he will devise his plans, but only until a time.