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( îֹçִ , mo'ach, fatness, Job_21:24; kindred is the verb îָçָä , machah', Isa_25:6, “fatness unmarrowed,” i.e. drawn out from the marrow- bones, and therefore the most delicate; ìõåëüò , Heb_4:12), the soft, oleaginous substance contained in the hollow of the bones of animals (Job_21:23); used figuratively for the delicate and most satisfying provisions of the Gospel (Isa_25:6), and likewise in the New Testament for the most secret thoughts of the heart (Heb_4:12). Other terms so rendered are çֵìֶá (che'leb, Psa_63:5, fat or fatness, as elsewhere rendered) and ùַׁ÷ּåּé (shikku'y, Pro_3:8, a moistening, i.e. refreshing of the bones; or “drink,” as in Hos_2:5).