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title: יֶרֶק — green · The Tanakh dictionary
description: יֶרֶק (3418), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 8 times: green. BDB 1906: n.m. green, greenness. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# יֶרֶק

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«יֶרֶק» in the Tanakh dictionary: **green** — 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:** 8 times · **Key:** 3418 · **BDB:** יֶ֫רֶק

### Glosses

greenery (7); the.greenery (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

green [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3418/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. green, greenness [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3418/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.m. Is 15:6 green, greenness (on ܝܰܪܩܳܐ in gardens, v. NöZMG 1876, 777 Löwp. 236 f.)—abs. Ex 10:15 Is 15:6; cstr. Gn 1:30 + 3 times;—יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב Gn 1:30; 9:3 (both P); יֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא ψ 37:2; יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה Nu 22:4 (E) = green thing, grass; alone Ex 10:15 (J) green thing, incl. עֵץ and עֵשֶׂב, Is 15:6.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (13 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (10 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «יֶרֶק» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3418/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 37:2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.37.2/)

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כִּ֣י כֶ֭חָצִיר מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃

*Word for word:* (dm) like (the) grass quickly they.will.wither and like.\[the\] greenery of.fresh.grass they will.fade

*JPS 1917:* For they shall soon wither like the grass, and fade as the green herb.

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[Isaiah 15:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.15.6/)

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כִּֽי־מֵ֥י נִמְרִ֖ים מְשַׁמּ֣וֹת יִֽהְי֑וּ כִּֽי־יָבֵ֤שׁ חָצִיר֙ כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃

*Word for word:* (dm) the.waters of.Nimrim wastes they.are (dm) it.has.dried.up grass it.has.wasted.away fresh.grass greenery not it.is

*JPS 1917:* For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing.

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