Strong's Lexicon

H890

H890 — בָּאשָׁה

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

Hebrewbo'shahnoun femOccurrences: 1TWOT: 195b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H890
Word:בָּאשָׁה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:feminine of H889
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:bo'shah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:bosh-aw'
Meaning:1. stink-weed or any other noxious or useless plant
KJV Renderings:cockle.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB895

בָּאְשָׁה noun feminine (stinking things) stinking or noxious weeds, Job 31:40 תַּחַת חִטָּה יֵצֵא חוֺחַ וְתַחַתֿ שְׂעֹרָה בָאְשָׁה instead of wheat may there spring forth bramble, and instead of barley stinking weeds (compare Assyrian bîšu ZehnpfBAS i. 633).


Other Resources

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

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

באשה (bo-shah’)

Job 31:40

KJV: Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.cockle: or, noisome weeds
EHCC: cockle instead of (marg. noisome weeds)
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