H5195 H5195
plants, shoots — young plants or plantings, used figuratively for vigorous young men
This noun appears in Psalm 144's prayer for national blessing, where sons are compared to plants grown tall in their youth. The metaphor evokes healthy agriculture—sturdy, well-established young plants representing the next generation's strength. Ancient Israel was agricultural, so such imagery naturally expressed hopes for family and national prosperity. Vigorous sons like thriving plants; fruitful daughters like carved palace pillars—these are signs of divine blessing.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A masculine plural noun meaning 'plants, plantings' in Psalm 144:12, used figuratively. The verse prays, 'May our sons in their youth be like plants grown large,' comparing young men to well-developed plants or saplings. The imagery suggests strength, health, and promise—young plants that have grown successfully represent the vigorous next generation. This agricultural metaphor pairs with the following verse's description of daughters as carved palace corner-pillars, both images of beauty, strength, and blessing. 1×
AR["كَـ-غِرَاسٍ"]·ben["মতো-গাছ,"]·DE["wie-pflanzt"]·EN["like-plants"]·FR["comme-plantation"]·heb["כ-נטיעים"]·HI["पौधों-की-तरह"]·ID["seperti-tanaman"]·IT["[כנטעים]"]·jav["kados-tetaneman"]·KO["묘목들-같이"]·PT["são-como-plantas"]·RU["как-насаждения"]·ES["como-plantas"]·SW["kama-mimea"]·TR["gibi-filizler"]·urd["مثل-پودوں"]
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
† [נָטִיעַ] n.[m.] plant;—only pl. נְטִעִים ψ 144:12 (fig. of vigorous sons).