H6212 H6212
Herb, herbage, grass, or green vegetation; plant life given by God for food and as a symbol of transience.
Covers the whole range of green growing things, from wild grass of the field to cultivated herbs granted for food. In the creation account (Gen 1:11-12, 29-30), it denotes the seed-bearing plants God provides as nourishment, while in prophetic and wisdom literature it becomes an image of human frailty -- people flourish like grass but quickly wither (Ps 102:4, 11). Arabic 'ushb and German 'Kraut' preserve the dual range of wild herbage and useful herbs. The plagues of Egypt vividly depict every esev of the field consumed by hail and locusts (Exod 9:22, 25; 10:12, 15).
Senses
1. grass, green herbage — Wild grass or green herbage growing in fields and open land, often used as a metaphor for human transience or vulnerability to divine judgment. Arabic 'ushb, Hindi ghas, and Swahili nyasi all point to uncultivated grassland. The Egyptian plagues destroy every esev of the field (Exod 9:22, 25; 10:12, 15), and the Psalmist's heart is 'withered like grass' (Ps 102:4, 11). Deuteronomy 32:2 pairs it with deshe (tender grass) under gentle rain. 22×
AR["الْعُشْبِ", "عُشبًا", "عُشْبًا", "عُشْبٌ", "عُشْبٍ", "عُشْبَ", "عُشْبِ", "عُشْبِهَا", "كَ-العُشب", "كَ-عُشْبِ", "كَعُشْبِ"]·ben["গাছপালা", "ঘাস", "ঘাসের", "ঘাসের-মতো", "তাদের-ঘাস", "যেমন-ঘাস", "শাকসব্জি"]·DE["Gras", "[כעשב]", "[עשב]", "[עשבם]", "grass", "grass-von", "vegetation-von", "wie-Gras", "wie-der-Gras-von"]·EN["grass", "grass-of", "like-grass", "like-the-grass-of", "the-plant", "the-vegetation-of-", "their-vegetation", "vegetation", "vegetation-of"]·FR["[עשב]", "[עשבם]", "comme-herbe", "comme-כעשב", "grass-de", "herbe", "végétation-de", "עשב"]·heb["כ-עשב", "עֵשׂב", "עשב", "עשבם"]·HI["घास", "घास-उनकी", "घास-की-तरह"]·ID["rerumputan", "rumput", "rumputnya", "seperti-rumput", "tumbuh-tumbuhan", "tumbuhan"]·IT["[עשב]", "[עשבם]", "come-like-il-grass-di", "erba", "erba-di", "grass", "vegetation-di"]·jav["kados-suket", "kadosdéné-suket", "rerumputan", "suket", "suket-suketipun", "tetaneman"]·KO["같이-풀", "그들의-풀을", "풀", "풀-같이", "풀-을", "풀-처럼", "풀도", "풀을", "풀이"]·PT["a-erva", "como-a-erva", "como-erva-de", "erva", "erva-de", "erva-deles", "erva.", "relva-de"]·RU["-как-трава", "как-трава", "растительность-их", "трава", "траве", "травой", "траву", "травы"]·ES["como-hierba", "como-hierba-de", "hierba", "hierba-de", "la-hierba-de", "su-hierba"]·SW["Musa", "kama-majani-ya", "kama-nyasi", "majani", "majani-ya", "majani-yake", "mimea", "nyasi"]·TR["ot", "ot-", "ot-gibi", "ot-o", "otlarini", "otu", "otun", "otunu", "otunun", "yeşillik"]·urd["اُن-کی-سبزی", "جیسے-گھاس", "سبزہ", "سبزے-کے", "غاس", "کَ-گھاس", "گھاس", "گھاس-کی-طرح"]
Exod 9:22, Exod 9:25, Exod 10:12, Exod 10:15, Exod 10:15, Deut 11:15, Deut 29:23, 2 Kgs 19:26, Job 5:25, Ps 72:16, Ps 92:7, Ps 102:4 (+10 more)
2. plants, vegetation, herbs — Cultivated plants, edible vegetation, or herbs specifically granted as food by God to humans and animals. German 'Kraut' (herb/plant) and Spanish 'hierba' in the creation texts mark this as purposeful provision. Foundational in Genesis 1:11-12, 29-30, where God creates seed-bearing plants and gives every green herb for food. Distinguished from the wild-grass sense by the context of divine ordering and agricultural utility (Gen 2:5; Deut 11:15). 11×
AR["النَّبَاتِ", "عُشب", "عُشْبُ", "نَبَاتًا", "نَبَاتٍ", "نَبَاتَ", "نَبَاتِ", "وَ-نَباتًا"]·ben["এবং-শাকসবজি", "গাছপালা", "শস্যের", "শাক", "শাকসবজি", "শাকসব্জি"]·DE["Kraut", "[עשבות]", "das-Kraut", "des-Krautes", "und-pflanzt", "vegetation"]·EN["and-plants", "herbs-of", "plant", "plant-of", "vegetation"]·FR["et-herbe", "herbe", "planter", "planter-de", "vegetation", "עשבות"]·heb["ו-עשב", "עשב", "עשבות"]·HI["और-पौधे", "घास", "जड़ी-बूटियाँ", "पौधा", "पौधे।"]·ID["dan-tumbuhan", "hijau", "rumput", "tumbuh-tumbuhan", "tumbuhan"]·IT["e-erba", "erba", "herbs-di", "pianta", "pianta-di", "vegetation"]·jav["ijo-ijoan", "lan-tetaneman", "rerumputan", "suket", "tetanduran-saking"]·KO["그리고-채소-를", "풀", "풀-을", "풀들이", "풀위에"]·PT["a-erva", "e-planta", "erva", "ervas-de", "vegetação", "verde"]·RU["-траву", "зелень", "и-зелень", "трава", "траву", "травы"]·ES["hierba", "hierba-de", "hierbas-de", "la-vegetación", "y-planta"]·SW["mimea", "mimea-ya", "na-mimea"]·TR["bitkiyi", "ot", "otları", "otu", "otun", "otunu", "ve-bitkiyi"]·urd["اور-سبزی", "بوٹی", "سبزی", "گھاس"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† עֵ֫שֶׂב n.m. Gn 1:11 herb, herbage;—ע׳ abs. Dt 11:15 +; cstr. Gn 2:5 +; sf. עֶשְׂבָּם Is 42:15; pl. cstr. עִשְּׂבוֹת (d.f. dirim.) Pr 27:25;—herb, herbage, in oldest use often gen. (therefore incl. grass [דֶּשֶׁא]): ע׳ הַשָּׂדֶה Ex 9:22 (E), Gn 2:5 (+ שִׂיחַ) Ex 9:25 (+ עֵץ), 10:15 (+ id; all J) Am 7:2, so ע׳ הָאָרֶץ Ex 10:12 (E), + פְּרִי הָעֵץ v 15 (J), whence ψ 105:35; appar. gen. also in ע׳…