H1876 H1876
sprout, put forth vegetation, become green
This verb means to sprout or bring forth vegetation. Genesis 1:11 uses it in God's creative command: 'Let the earth sprout vegetation.' Joel 2:22 employs it to describe restoration after locust devastation: 'the pastures of the wilderness sprout.' The Hiphil (causative) form in Genesis emphasizes God causing the earth to produce, while the Qal (simple) in Joel describes the natural result. Both contexts celebrate the life-giving power that makes barren ground flourish.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The glosses ('sprout, produzca, reverdecen') capture the sense of vegetation emerging. Genesis 1:11 uses the causative form in God's creation decree—'let the earth cause to sprout vegetation'—initiating the plant kingdom. Joel 2:22 uses the simple form in a restoration promise: after judgment, the wilderness pastures 'are green/sprouting again.' Both passages link sprouting with divine blessing—creation's abundance (Genesis) and covenant restoration after devastation (Joel). 2×
AR["اخْضَرَّتْ", "لِتُنْبِتِ"]·ben["উৎপন্ন-করুক", "সবুজ-হয়েছে"]·DE["[דשאו]", "es-lasse-sprossen"]·EN["let-sprout", "sprout"]·FR["croître", "que-sprout"]·heb["דָשׁאוּ", "דשא"]·HI["उगाए", "हरी-हो-गईं"]·ID["hendaklah-menumbuhkan", "menghijau"]·IT["[דשאו]", "let-sprout"]·jav["ijo", "mugi-nuwuhaken"]·KO["내라", "풀이-났음-이라"]·PT["brotaram", "produza"]·RU["да-произрастит", "зазеленели"]·ES["produzca", "reverdecen"]·SW["iote", "yamechipua"]·TR["bitirsin", "yeşerdi"]·urd["اُگائے", "سبز-ہو-گئیں"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [דָּשָׁא] vb. sprout, shoot, grow green (Assyrian dišû Pi make abundant Lyon Sargontexte 77; cf. also sub דֶּשֶׁא, whence, according to others, vb. denom.)— Qal Pf. דָּֽשְׁאוּ Jo 2:22 (subj. נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר). Hiph. Impf. 3 fs. תַּדְשֵׁא (juss.) Gn 1:11 cause to sprout or shoot forth תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא.—דָּשָׁא Je 50:11 v. sub דּוּשׁ" dir="rtl" >דּוּשׁ.