Lexicon
מֵחַ
me.ach
H4220
H:N-M Hebrew

fatling

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Hebrew
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me.ach denotes fattened animals, appearing in a sacrificial offering and in a pastoral scene.

The attested plural form refers to fattened animals: Psalm 66:15 places them among burnt offerings, while Isaiah 5:17 places them in a grazing scene.

Senses in use

  1. Fattened animals in offering and pasture · dominant

    Both occurrences use a common masculine plural absolute form. In Psalm 66:15 the form stands in the clause about offering burnt offerings, and the APB renders the verse with “fatlings” alongside the smoke of rams; in Isaiah 5:17 the APB renders a scene in which lambs graze and ruins are eaten.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Psalm 66:15 the APB includes “fatlings” in its rendering of the offering clause. In Isaiah 5:17, the translation presents the broader grazing-and-eating scene without an equally clear isolated English correspondence for the term.

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