Lexicon
פִּימָה
pi.mah
H6371
H:N-F Hebrew

excess fat

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pi.mah denotes bodily fat described as covering the face and gathering on the loins.

The sole attested use describes bodily fat in a picture of a face covered and loins made fat in Job 15:27.

Senses in use

  1. Bodily fat covering the body · dominant

    In Job 15:27, the feminine singular absolute noun occurs in a clause describing someone who has covered his face and gathered fat upon his loins; the APB renders the verse, "For he has covered his face with his fat and gathered fat upon his loins."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Job 15:27, the APB presents the image with "fat" on the face and loins. Its exact assignment to the Hebrew noun cannot be isolated beyond this bodily-fat context.

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