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title: דָּשָׁא — sprout · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דָּשָׁא (1876), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 2 times: sprout. BDB 1906: vb. sprout, shoot, grow green. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דָּשָׁא

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«דָּשָׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **sprout** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 2 times · **Key:** 1876 · **BDB:** דָּשָׁא

### Glosses

let.it.sprout (1); they.are.green (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

sprout [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1876/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. sprout, shoot, grow green [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1876/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. sprout, shoot, grow green (Assyrian dišû Pi make abundant Lyon Sargontexte 77; cf. also sub דֶּשֶׁא, whence, according to others, vb. denom.)— Pf. דָּֽשְׁאוּ Jo 2:22 (subj. נְאוֹת מִדְבָּר). Impf. 3 fs. תַּדְשֵׁא (juss.) Gn 1:11 cause to sprout or shoot forth תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא.—דָּשָׁא Je 50:11 v. sub דּוּשׁ.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «דָּשָׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1876/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Joel 2:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOL.2.22/)

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אַל־תִּֽירְאוּ֙ בַּהֲמ֣וֹת שָׂדַ֔י כִּ֥י דָשְׁא֖וּ נְא֣וֹת מִדְבָּ֑ר כִּֽי־עֵץ֙ נָשָׂ֣א פִרְי֔וֹ תְּאֵנָ֥ה וָגֶ֖פֶן נָתְנ֥וּ חֵילָֽם׃

*Word for word:* do.not fear O.animals of.\[the\].field (dm) they.are.green \[the\].pastures of.\[the\].wilderness (dm) \[the\].tree\[s\] it.has.borne fruit its \[the\].fig.tree and.\[the\] vine they.have.given strength their

*JPS 1917:* Be not afraid, ye beasts of the field; for the pastures of the wilderness do spring, for the tree beareth its fruit, the fig-tree and the vine do yield their strength.

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[Genesis 1:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/GEN.1.11/)

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֗ים תַּֽדְשֵׁ֤א הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ דֶּ֔שֶׁא עֵ֚שֶׂב מַזְרִ֣יעַ זֶ֔רַע עֵ֣ץ פְּרִ֞י עֹ֤שֶׂה פְּרִי֙ לְמִינ֔וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר זַרְעוֹ־ב֖וֹ עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃

*Word for word:* and he.said God let.it.sprout the earth vegetation plant\[s\] \[which\].bears.seed seed tree\[s\] of.fruit producing fruit to kind its which seed its \[is\].in it on the earth and it.was so

*JPS 1917:* And God said: 'Let the earth put forth grass, herb yielding seed, and fruit-tree bearing fruit after its kind, wherein is the seed thereof, upon the earth.' And it was so.

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