Lexical Definition

‎עֶשֶׂב‎ ʻeseb (eh'seb) vegetation ^H:N-M
from an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green)

grass, herb.

• grass (or any tender shoot)

1) herb, herbage, grass, green plants

See Greek: βοτάνη · χλωρός · χόρτασμα · χόρτος

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: a.sav (‎ע‎ֲ‎ש‎ַׂ‎ב‎ "grass" עָשׁ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֵ֫שֶׂב‎ noun masculine^{Gen 1:11} herb, herbage; — ‎׳‎‎ע‎ absolute Deut 11:15 +; construct Gen 2:5 +; suffix ‎עֶשְׂבָּם‎ Isa 42:15 plural construct ‎עִשְּׂבוֺת‎ (dagesh forte dirimens) Prov 27:25 — herb, herbage, in oldest use often general (therefore including grass [‎דֶּשֶׁא‎]): ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 9:22 (E), Gen 2:5 (+ ‎שִׂיחַ‎) Exod 9:25 (+ ‎עֵץ‎), Exod 10:15 (+ id; all J) Amos 7:2, so ‎הָאָרֶץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 10:12 (E), + ‎פְּרִי הָעֵץ‎ vExod 10:15 (J), whence Ps 105:35 apparently generally also in ‎הארץ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Job 5:25; Ps 72:16, ‎׳‎‎ע‎ alone Ps 92:8* ‎כָּלהַֿשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Jer 12:14, ‎׳‎‎ע‎ alone Deut 32:2 (|| ‎דֶּשֶׁא‎), Isa 42:15; Ps 102:5*; Ps 102:12*, and Deut 29:22*; Mic 5:6*; Prov 19:12 hence ‎׳‎‎ע‎ as food for cattle Deut 11:15; Ps 106:20 compare Jer 14:6; Zech 10:1 ‎עִשְּׂבוֺת הָרִים‎ Prov 27:25 (|| ‎דֶּשֶׁא‎, ‎חָצִיר‎); but as human food (hence excluding ‎דֶּשֶׁא‎) ‎הַשָּׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Gen 3:18 (J); especially P Gen 1:29 (+ ‎עֶץ‎), ‎׳‎‎יֶרֶק ע‎ vGen 1:30; Gen 9:3, hence ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Ps 104:14 (|| ‎חָצִיר‎ for cattle); ‎׳‎‎ע‎ distinguished from ‎דֶּשֶׁא‎, ‎עֵץ‎ also Gen 1:11; Gen 1:12, ‎שָׂדֶה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ + ‎דֶּשֶׁא‎, ‎חָצִיר‎ 2Kgs 19:26 + Isa 37:27.

‎עֲשַׂב‎ noun [masculine] herbage, grass (see Biblical Hebrew ‎עשׂב‎); — emphatic ‎עִשְׂבָּא‎, as fodder: Dan 4:22*; Dan 4:29*; Dan 4:30*; Dan 5:21.

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