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ḥēlev חֵ֫לֶב ‘fat’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from an unused root meaning to be fat

ḥēlev n, m
1) fat
 1a) fat (of humans)
 1b) fat (of beasts)
 1c) choicest, best part, abundance (of products of the land)

Mentioned in Genesis 45:18, 4:4 Exodus 29:22, 29:13, 23:18 Codex Leviticus 17:6, 7:31, 7:33, 8:26, 9:19, 3:17, 7:23, 7:24, 7:25, 9:24, 3:9, 7:3, 8:25, 6:5, 3:3, 3:14, 3:16, 4:35, 7:30, 10:15, 3:4, 3:10, 3:15, 4:8, 4:9, 4:31, 7:4, 8:16, 9:10, 4:19, 4:26, 9:20, 16:25 Numbers 18:17, 18:30, 18:12, 18:29, 18:32 Deuteronomy 32:14, 32:38 Judges 3:22 1 Samuel 15:22, 2:15, 2:16 2 Samuel 1:22 1 Kings 8:64 Isaiah 34:7, 34:6, 1:11, 43:24 Ezekiel 44:15, 34:3, 39:19, 44:7 Psalms 81:17, 119:70, 17:10, 147:14, 63:6, 73:7 Job 15:27 2 Chronicles 35:14, 7:7, 29:35

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