Strong's Lexicon

H1877

H1877 — דֶּשֶׁא

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewdeshenoun mascOccurrences: 15TWOT: 456a

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H1877
Word:	דֶּשֶׁא
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	from H1876
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	15
Transliteration:	deshe
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	deh'-sheh
Meaning:	1. a sprout 2. by analogy, grass
KJV Renderings:	(tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.

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BDB2027

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, [untranscribed source text 1218] (compare Lag^{BN 130})) — ׳ ד absolute Gen 1:11+ 13 t. — accusative of cognate meaning with verb תַּדְשֵׁא Gen 1:11 compare v Gen 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.

BDB9461

[דֶּ֫תֶא] noun [masculine] grass (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew דֶּשֶׁא); — emphatic דִּתְאָא Dan 4:12; Dan 4:20.

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

דשא (dah-shah’)

Concordance entry

EHCC: Jet.50:11.as the heifer at grass, Nore—This ned some regarded as the Participle in the place of TT. א

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