Lexical Summary ashath: to be smooth or shiny Original Word: עָשַׁתTransliteration: ashath Phonetic Spelling: (aw-shath') Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to be smooth or shiny Meaning: to be sleek, glossy, to excogitate Strong's Concordance shine, think A primitive root; probably to be sleek, i.e. Glossy; hence (through the idea of polishing) to excogitate (as if forming in the mind) -- shine, think. Brown-Driver-Briggs H6245. ashath I. [עָשַׁת] verb smooth or shiny (?), si vera lectio (compare עֶשֶׁת); — only Qal Perfect3plural עָֽשְׁתוּ שָֽׁמְנוּ Jeremiah 5:28 (figurative) they have grown fat, they are smooth (or shine, from fat); doubtful word, Thes conjecture עָֽשְׁרוּ have grown rich (compare ᵑ7 ᵑ6 ᵐ5), so Gie (but וַיַּעֲשִׁירוּ precedes, 5:27). II. [עָשַׁת] verb Hithpa`el think (Aramaism: Biblical Aramaic Participleאִתְעַשַּׁת ᵑ7 עֲשִׁית,); — Hithpa`el Imperfect3masculine singular א ׳יִתְעַשֵּׁת לָנוּ Jonah 1:6 perhaps God will give a thought to us (compare חשׁב Psalm 40:18). |
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