עשב

Hebrew

Etymology

From an unused root meaning "to glisten" (or "be green"). Cognate with Arabic عُشْب‎ (ʿušb).

Pronunciation

(Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /ˈ(ʔ)esev/

Noun

עֵשֶׂב • ('ésev) m (plural indefinite עֲשָׂבִים‎, singular construct עֵשֶׂב־) [pattern: קֵטֶל]

herb, grass, weed
- Psalms 106:20, with translation of the New International Version:
  ‏וַיָּמִירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָם בְּתַבְנִית שׁוֹר אֹכֵל עֵשֶׂב׃‎‎
  They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

Synonyms

(herb) דֶּשֶׁא‎ (deshe), יָרָק‎ (yarak)

References

H6212 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

Anagrams

שבע‎

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