עֵ֫שֶׂב
e.sev
“vegetation”
Definition
grass (or any tender shoot)
from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green);
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Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
עֵ֫שֶׂב appears 27 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power,are dismayed and ashamed.They are like plants in the field,tender green shoots,grass on the rooftops,scorched before it is grown.
They covered the face of all the land until it was black, and they consumed all the plants on the ground and all the fruit on the trees that the hail had left behind. Nothing green was left on any tree or plant in all the land of Egypt.
Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.
Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power,are dismayed and ashamed.They are like plants in the field,tender green shoots,grass on the rooftops,scorched before it is grown.
A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion,but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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