Lexical Definition

‎דֶּשֶׁא‎ desheʼ (deh'-sheh) grass ^H:N-M
from ‎דָּשָׁא‎

(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.

• a sprout
• by analogy, grass

1) grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young

See Greek: βοτάνη · ποῖος · χόρτος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: de.te (‎ד‎ֶּ֫‎ת‎ֶ‎א‎ "grass" דֶּתֶא)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎דֶּ֫שֶׁא‎ noun masculine^{Isa 15:6} grass (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian dišu, herb, Lyon^{Sargontexte 69}; Sabean ‎דתֿא‎ fresh shoots DHM^{ZMG 1875, 597} = springtime CIS^{iv. p. 11}; Aramaic ‎דִּתְאָה‎, (compare Lag^{BN 130})) — ‎׳‎‎ד‎ absolute Gen 1:11+ 13 t. — accusative of congnate meaning with verb ‎תַּדְשֵׁא‎ Gen 1:11 compare vGen 1:12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2Sam 23:4 of a second crop of grass Prov 21:25 (opposed to ‎חָצִיר‎); caused to spring forth by God ‎לְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶ֑שֶׁא‎ Job 38:27 refreshed by rain Deut 32:2 ‎׳‎‎נְאוֺת ד‎ Ps 23:2 as food of wild ass Job 6:5 as failing (withered) Isa 15:6 lacking for animals Jer 14:5 ‎וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא‎ simile of weakness 2Kgs 19:26 (|| ‎עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה‎) = Isa 37:27 of transitoriness (withering) Ps 37:2 (‎׳‎‎יֶרֶק ד‎); of growth and prosperity, Isa 66:14.

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