בַּ/שָּֽׁמֶן

𐤁/𐤔𐤌𐤍

bashamen

with oil

from שָׁמַן; grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness; anointing, [idiom] fat (things), [idiom] fruitful, oil(-ed), ointment, olive, [phrase] pine.

H8081

2 Samuel 1:21 · Word #19

Lexicon H8081

Lemmaשֶׁמֶן
Lemma (Paleo)𐤔𐤌𐤍
Transliterationshemen
Strong'sH8081
In-contextwith oil

Morphology HRd/Ncmsa All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Subtype c — Common — Common noun
Gender m — Masculine — Masculine
Number s — Singular — Singular
State a — Absolute — The noun stands independently

SIBI-P1 H8081-01

in the rich oil

Rootשמן (š-m-n)
Core Meaningsfatness, richness, luxuriance, abundance
Semantic Rangeolive oil, anointing oil, perfumed ointment, fatness, prosperity, luxuriance, abundance
Conceptual SignificanceOil in the Hebrew Bible signifies material provision, ritual consecration, healing, and divine blessing. Its root sense of richness connects physical abundance with spiritual favor and covenantal prosperity.
Morphological NotesPreposition ב ("in/with") with assimilated definite article + masculine singular noun שֶׁמֶן in the absolute state.
Rendering RationaleThe noun שֶׁמֶן derives from the root שמן, conveying fatness and richness. The form is masculine singular absolute with the prefixed preposition ב and the definite article, yielding "in the rich oil," preserving both the concrete sense of oil and its underlying idea of richness or fatness.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root שמן (fatness, richness, luxuriance, abundance)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
H8081-03 beshemen in rich oil
H8083-02 bishemoneh in eight
H8081-04 hashamen the rich oil
H8082-01 hashemenah the fat one
H8081-06 kashemen like the rich oil
H8083-03 lishemonah to eight
H8081-08 mishamen from oil-richness
H8081-10 shamen fat-rich oil
H8081-12 shameni my rich-oil
H8082-02 shemenah fat (feminine singular)
H8083-05 shemonat eight (of)
H8083-08 ushemonat and eight-of
H8081-20 vashamen in the rich oil
H8081-21 vashemen in the rich oil
H8081-23 vekhashamen and like the rich oil
H8081-24 vekhashemen and like rich oil

Word Usage (193 occurrences of H8081)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Genesis 28:18 שֶׁ֖מֶן shemen oil
Genesis 35:14 שָֽׁמֶן shamen oil
Exodus 25:6 שֶׁ֖מֶן shemen oil