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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 Exod 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 Gen 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.