Lexical Summary deshe: grass Original Word: דֶּשֶׁאTransliteration: deshe Phonetic Spelling: (deh'-sheh) Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: grass Meaning: a sprout, grass Strong's Concordance tender grass, green, tender herb From dasha; a sprout; by analogy, grass -- (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb. see HEBREW dasha Brown-Driver-Briggs H1877. deshe דֶּ֫שֶׁא noun masculineIsaiah 15:6 grass (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian dišu, herb, LyonSargontexte 69; Sabean דתֿא fresh shoots DHMZMG 1875, 597 = springtime CISiv. p. 11; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, (compare LagBN 130)) — ׳ד absolute Genesis 1:11+ 13 t. — accusative of congnate meaning with verb תַּדְשֵׁא 1:11; compare 1:12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2 Samuel 23:4; of a second crop of grass Proverbs 21:25 (opposed to חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God דֶ֑שֶׁא מֹצָא לְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27; refreshed by rain Deuteronomy 32:2; ד ׳נְאוֺת Psalm 23:2; as food of wild ass Job 6:5; as failing (withered) Isaiah 15:6; lacking for animals Jeremiah 14:5; דֶּשֶׁא וִירַק simile of weakness 2 Kings 19:26 ("" שָׂדֶה עֵשֶׂב) = Isaiah 37:27; of transitoriness (withering) Psalm 37:2 (ד ׳יֶרֶק); of growth and prosperity, Isaiah 66:14. |