Lexical Definition

‎שַׁיִת‎ shayith (shah'-yith) thornbush ^H:N-M
from ‎שִׁית‎

thorns.

• scrub or trash, i.e. wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field)

1) thorn bushes

See Greek: ἄκανθα · ἐλαύνω · καλάμη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎שַׁ֫יִת‎ noun [masculine] collective thorn-bushes (connection with above √ dubious; Dietr^Abh.73 compare (improbable) ‎שׁאה‎ devastate, ‎אִיָּה‎ ruin, whence ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ wild, rough growth); — always with ‎שָׁמִיר‎: absolute ‎׳‎‎שׁ‎ Isa 7:23; Isa 7:24; Isa 9:17*; Isa 27:4 (compare Du); ‎שָׁ֑יִת‎ Isa 5:6; Isa 7:25 suffix ‎שִׁיתוֺ‎ Isa 10:17 (figurative of Assyr.).

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