H5636 H5636
brier, nettle (a thorny desert plant)
A prickly, unwanted plant contrasted with the fragrant myrtle in Isaiah's vision of restoration. When God renews the land, the worthless brier will be replaced by the noble myrtle. Ancient versions identified it as a nettle or similar noxious weed. The specific botanical identity is uncertain, but the symbolic contrast is clear: judgment's thorns versus blessing's beauty.
Senses
1. sense 1 — The desert thorn or brier that will give way to myrtle in Isaiah 55:13, part of the prophet's vision where nature itself celebrates redemption. 'Instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle'—the transformation from cursed vegetation to fragrant beauty symbolizes the reversal of exile. The Greek and Latin versions rendered it as nettle or similar stinging plants, emphasizing its undesirable character. 1×
AR["الْقُرَّاصِ"]·ben["বিছুটির"]·DE["[הסרפד]"]·EN["the-brier"]·FR["[הסרפד]"]·heb["ה-סרפד"]·HI["बिछुआ-घासके"]·ID["jeruju"]·IT["[הסרפד]"]·jav["semak-eri"]·KO["쌍기풀에-"]·PT["a-urtiga"]·RU["крапивы"]·ES["la-ortiga"]·SW["gugu"]·TR["isirganin"]·urd["خاردار-بوٹی"]
Related Senses
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
† סִרְפַּד n.[m.] a desert-plant, contrasted with הֲדַס, myrtle: תַּחַת הַסּ׳ יַעֲלֶה הֲדַס Is 55:13; not clearly identif.; 𝔊 κόνυζα, 𝔖 ܨܳܬܪܳܐ 𝔙 urtica.