H6211b H6211b
herbage, grass; vegetation eaten as fodder by grazing animals
An Aramaic noun appearing exclusively in Daniel's Aramaic sections, always in the context of Nebuchadnezzar's humiliation. When the king is driven from human society, he eats 'grass like oxen' (Dan 4:25, 32, 33) — his royal diet reduced to field herbage. The word appears in the heavenly decree (Dan 4:15) and again when the judgment is recounted to Belshazzar (Dan 5:21). Spanish 'hierba' and English 'grass' consistently render this as simple field vegetation, underscoring the totality of the king's reduction from palace feasts to animal fodder.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Herbage or grass — field vegetation serving as fodder for animals. Used exclusively in the Aramaic sections of Daniel to describe the grass Nebuchadnezzar was condemned to eat like an ox during his period of madness (Dan 4:15, 25, 32, 33; 5:21). Spanish 'hierba,' French and German cognates all render it as simple field grass, emphasizing the king's reduction from royal splendor to bestial existence grazing on common vegetation. 5×
AR["عُشْبًا", "فِي-عُشْبِ", "وَ-عُشْبًا"]·ben["-ঘাসে", "এবং-ঘাস", "ঘাস"]·DE["[בעשב]", "[ועשבא]", "[עשבא]"]·EN["and-grass", "grass", "in-grass-of"]·FR["[בעשב]", "[ועשבא]", "[עשבא]"]·heb["ב-עשב", "ו-עשב", "עשב"]·HI["और-घास", "घास", "में-घास"]·ID["dan-rumput", "di-dalam-rumput", "rumput"]·IT["[בעשב]", "[ועשבא]", "[עשבא]"]·jav["ing-rumput", "lan-rumput", "rumput"]·KO["그리고-풀-을", "풀-에", "풀-을"]·PT["e-erva", "erva", "na-erva-de"]·RU["в-траве", "и-траву", "траву"]·ES["en-la-hierba-de", "hierba", "y-hierba"]·SW["katika-majani-ya", "majani", "na-majani"]·TR["ot", "otunda", "ve-ot"]·urd["اور-گھاس", "زمین-کی-گھاس-میں", "گھاس"]
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
† עֲשַׂב n.[m.] herbage, grass (v. BH עשׂב);—emph. עִשְׂבָּא, as fodder: Dn 4:12, 22, 29, 30; 5:21.