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title: דֶּשֶׁא — grass · The Tanakh dictionary
description: דֶּשֶׁא (1877), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 14 times: grass. BDB 1906: n.m. grass. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# דֶּשֶׁא

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«דֶּשֶׁא» in the Tanakh dictionary: **grass** — 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:** 14 times · **Key:** 1877 · **BDB:** דֶּ֫שֶׁא

### Glosses

fresh.grass (6); of.fresh.grass (5); vegetation (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

grass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1877/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. grass [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1877/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 15:6 grass (NH id., Assyrian dišu, herb, Lyon Sargontexte 69; Sab. דתֿא fresh shoots DHMZMG 1875, 597 = springtime CISiv. p. 11; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, ܬܰܕܐܴܐ (cf. LagBN 130))—ד׳ abs. Gn 1:11 + 13 times—acc. cogn. תַּדְשֵׁא Gn 1:11; cf. v 12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2 S 23:4; of a second crop of grass Pr 27:25 (opp. חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God לְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶ֑שֶׁא Jb 38:27; refreshed by rain Dt 32:2; נְאוֹת ד׳ ψ 23:2; as food of wild ass Jb 6:5; as failing (withered) Is 15:6; lacking for animals Je 14:5; וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא sim. of weakness 2 K 19:26 (‖ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה) = Is 37:27; of transitoriness (withering) ψ 37:2 (יֶרֶק ד׳), of growth and prosperity, Is 66:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 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 «דֶּשֶׁא» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1491/1877/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Proverbs 27:25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.27.25/)

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גָּלָ֣ה חָ֭צִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶ֑שֶׁא וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ עִשְּׂב֥וֹת הָרִֽים׃

*Word for word:* it.disappears grass and it.appears fresh.grass and they.are.gathered \[the\].vegetation(s) of.\[the\].mountains

*JPS 1917:* When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in;

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[Job 38:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/JOB.38.27/)

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לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָהוּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃

*Word for word:* to satisfy devastation and desolation and to cause.to.sprout a.going.forth of.fresh.grass

*JPS 1917:* To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?

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