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Shemen (שמן) means oil in Hebrew.

It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.

שֶׁמֶן
shemen
noun · masculine
In English

oil

The stress falls on the part in bold.

The Hebrew dictionaryWords starting with ש

The dictionary gives one meaning for Shemen.

The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.

  1. 1
    שם כללי לנוזלים אשר אינם מסיסים במים (הידרופוביים) ויוצרים משטח חלק כאשר הם נשפכים על חומר קשה. מקורו יכול להיות אורגני או מינרלי. הוא משמש לבישול, לסיכה, להפקת אנרגיה (באמצעות שריפתם), למאור ועוד. ספיגתו בבד או בנייר מותירה כתם אופייני.
    וְיִתֶּן־לְךָ הָאֱלֹהִים מִטַּל הַשָּׁמַיִם, וּמִשְׁמַנֵּי הָאָרֶץ; וְרֹב דָּגָן וְתִירֹשׁ.

The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.

The word Shemen is a masculine noun.

Written with vowel points
שֶׁמֶן
Written without vowel points
שמן
Said
shemen
Root
ש־מ־נ
Pattern
קֶטֶל
Plural
שְׁמָנִים
Inflections
ר' שְׁמָנִים; שֶׁמֶן־, ר' שַׁמְנֵי־; כ' שַׁמְנוֹ, שַׁמְנְךָ, שְׁמָנָיו, שְׁמָנֶיךָ
Gematria
390

This is how Shemen is said in other languages.

English
oil
Arabic
زيت
Russian
масло
Spanish
aceita
Yiddish
אײל, בױמל

These words mean nearly the same as Shemen.

The word Shemen is part of these phrases and sayings.

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The word Shemen comes from the root ש־מ־נ, like these words.

This is where the word Shemen comes from.

אוגריתית: ), ערבית: שחְם شَحْم בהוראת שמן, מן השורש س-م-ن (ש-מ-ן), אכדית: šamnu (שָׁמְנֻ = שֶמן).

These words come before and after Shemen in the dictionary.

These are the questions people ask about the word Shemen.

What does Shemen (⁨שמן⁩) mean in Hebrew?

Shemen (⁨שמן⁩) means oil. It is said shemen, with the stress on she.

What is a synonym for Shemen (⁨שמן⁩)?

Words that mean nearly the same as Shemen (⁨שמן⁩) are ⁨דשן⁩.

Is Shemen (⁨שמן⁩) masculine or feminine?

The word Shemen (⁨שמן⁩) is a masculine noun, and its plural is ⁨שְׁמָנִים⁩.

The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שמן of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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