Etymology?:
from šāmēn שָׁמֵן ‘to grow fat’
Roots:
שׁמן
šemen n, m
1) fat, oil
1a) fat, fatness
1b) oil, olive oil
1b1) as staple, medicament or unguent
1b2) for anointing
1c) fat (of fruitful land, valleys) (metaph)
Mentioned in Genesis 28:18, 35:14 Exodus 39:38, 29:21, 29:23, 29:40, 27:20, 30:31, 25:6, 31:11, 40:9, 29:2, 29:7, 30:25, 35:14, 35:15, 35:28, 37:29, 39:37, 35:8, 30:24 Codex Leviticus 10:7, 2:2, 7:10, 8:2, 8:12, 8:30, 5:11, 2:16, 6:8, 14:17, 14:28, 21:10, 8:26, 14:10, 14:12, 14:21, 9:4, 24:2, 21:12, 2:5, 2:7, 7:12, 14:16, 14:27, 23:13, 14:24, 8:10, 14:18, 14:29, 2:6, 6:14, 2:4, 2:15, 2:1, 14:15, 14:26 Numbers 4:16, 11:8, 15:6, 7:13, 7:19, 7:25, 7:31, 7:37, 7:43, 7:49, 7:55, 7:61, 7:67, 7:73, 7:79, 28:12, 28:13, 28:28, 29:9, 29:14, 28:20, 29:3, 5:15, 28:5, 35:25, 4:9, 6:15, 8:8, 15:4, 15:9, 28:9 Deuteronomy 33:24, 32:13, 8:8, 28:40 1 Samuel 16:1, 16:13, 10:1 2 Samuel 14:2, 1:21 1 Kings 17:14, 1:39, 6:31, 17:12, 17:16, 5:25, 6:23, 6:32, 6:33 2 Kings 20:13, 9:1, 4:2, 4:6, 4:7, 9:3, 9:6 Isaiah 61:3, 39:2, 1:6, 28:1, 41:19, 28:4, 5:1, 10:27, 25:6, 57:9 Jeremiah 41:8, 40:10 Ezekiel 16:19, 32:14, 45:24, 46:5, 46:7, 46:11, 46:14, 16:13, 45:25, 27:17, 16:18, 46:15, 45:14, 16:9, 23:41 Hosea 2:7, 12:2 Amos 6:6 Micah 6:7, 6:15 Haggai 2:12 Psalms 45:8, 133:2, 141:5, 104:15, 109:18, 92:11, 109:24, 55:22, 89:21, 23:5 Proverbs 21:20, 21:17, 5:3, 27:16, 27:9 Job 29:6 Song of Songs 1:3, 4:10 Ecclesiastes 9:8, 10:1, 7:1 Esther 2:12 Ezra 3:7 Nehemiah 8:15 1 Chronicles 27:28, 12:41, 9:29 2 Chronicles 2:14, 11:11, 2:9