H3419 H3419
herbs, vegetables, green plants; cultivated garden greens
A collective noun for edible green plants, herbs, and garden vegetables. The term evokes cultivated produce rather than wild growth. In Deuteronomy 11:10, the land of Egypt is compared to a 'garden of herbs' (gan-yārāq) watered by foot-irrigation. Naboth's vineyard was coveted by Ahab to become a 'garden of herbs' (1 Kgs 21:2). Proverbs 15:17 famously contrasts 'a meal of herbs where love is' with 'a fattened ox and hatred.' In Isaiah 37:27 (= 2 Kgs 19:26), the construct form describes fragile 'green shoots of grass,' emphasizing vulnerability before destruction.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Herbs, vegetables, green garden plants — collective term for cultivated edible greens. Used in construct with 'garden' (gan-yārāq) for a vegetable plot in Deut 11:10 and 1 Kgs 21:2. Proverbs 15:17 employs it in a wisdom saying contrasting humble vegetable fare with rich but loveless feasting. Spanish distinguishes 'hortaliza/legumbres/verduras' for the different nuances of garden produce, greens, and vegetables. In Isa 37:27 = 2 Kgs 19:26, the construct yĕraq dešē' ('green of tender grass') describes the fragile, ephemeral quality of besieged nations. 5×
AR["الْخَضْرَاوَاتِ", "بُقولٍ", "وَ-خُضْرَةَ", "وَخُضْرَةَ"]·ben["এবং-শাক-সব্জি", "ও-সবুজ", "বাগানের", "শাক-সবজির", "শাকসব্জির"]·DE["[וירק]", "[ירק]", "der-vegetable", "herbs", "und-green-von"]·EN["and-green-of", "and-the-green", "herbs", "the-vegetable"]·FR["[וירק]", "et-green-de", "herbs", "le-vegetable", "ירק"]·heb["ה-ירק", "ו-ירק", "ירק"]·HI["और-हरियाली", "सब्जी-का", "साग-का", "साग-के-लिए"]·ID["dan-sayuran", "sayur-mayur", "sayur-sayuran", "sayuran"]·IT["[וירק]", "e-green-di", "herbs", "il-vegetable"]·jav["janganan", "lan-ijo", "lan-tetanduran", "sayuran"]·KO["그-채소-밭", "그리고-녹색", "그리고-푸른-승", "채소", "채소-의"]·PT["e-verdura-de", "verdura", "verduras"]·RU["-овощей", "и-зеленью", "из-зелени", "овощей"]·ES["hortaliza", "legumbres", "verduras", "y-verdor", "y-verdura-de"]·SW["mboga", "na-mimea-ya", "na-mmea-mchanga"]·TR["sebze", "sebzelerin", "ve-yesillik", "ve-yeşillik-"]·urd["اور-سبزی", "اور-ہریالی", "ساگ", "سبزیوں-کا", "سبزیوں-کے"]
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
† יָרָק n.[m.] herbs (coll.), herbage (green, greens)—abs. יָרָק Dt 11:10 + 2 times; cstr. יְרַק Is 37:27 = 2 K 19:26;—גַּן־יָרָק Dt 11:10 1 K 21:2; אֲרֻחַת יָרָק Pr 15:17; as subst., יְרַק דֶּשֶׁא Is 37:27 = 2 K 19:26 green shoots of grass (‖ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה, etc.)