Lexicon
בִּרְיָה
ber.yah
H1274
H:A Hebrew

fat

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ber.yah describes the fat sheep set against the lean sheep in a judgment scene.

The attested use describes a fat sheep in contrast with a lean sheep within a declared act of judgment.

Senses in use

  1. Fat sheep contrasted with lean sheep · dominant

    In Ezekiel 34:20, the feminine singular absolute form occurs in the contrast between fat and lean sheep as the Lord announces judgment between them; the APB renders the clause "between the fat sheep and the lean sheep."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Ezekiel 34:20, the APB presents the contrast as "the fat sheep and the lean sheep." This rendering confirms the verse-level contrast rather than isolating the term independently.

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