The meaning of “דֶּשֶׁן”
Understanding deshen reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
ashes, fatness. - the fat - abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance - specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrif...
דֶּשֶׁן
ashes, fatness. - the fat - abstractly fatness, i.e. (figuratively) abundance - specifically the (fatty) ashes of sacrifices 1) fat ashes, fatness 1a) fatness 1a1) of fertility 1a2) of blessing (fig.) 1b) fat ashes (ashes of victims, mixed with the fat)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Leviticus 6:10 | “And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the altar.” Word: דֶּשֶׁן (deshen) | |
| Judges 9:9 | “But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees?” Word: דֶּשֶׁן (deshen) | |
| 1 Kings 13:5 | “The altar also was rent, and the ashes poured out from the altar, according to the sign which the man of God had given by the word of the Lord.” Word: דֶּשֶׁן (deshen) | |
| Job 36:16 | “Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.” Word: דֶּשֶׁן (deshen) | |
| Psalms 63:5 | “My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:” Word: דֶּשֶׁן (deshen) |
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