The meaning of “דֶּשֶׁא”
Understanding desheʼ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb. - a sprout - by analogy, grass 1) grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young
דֶּשֶׁא
(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb. - a sprout - by analogy, grass 1) grass, new grass, green herb, vegetation, young
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 1:12 | “And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.” Word: דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:2 | “My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:” Word: דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ) | |
| 2 Samuel 23:4 | “And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.” Word: דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ) | |
| 2 Kings 19:26 | “Therefore their inhabitants were of small power, they were dismayed and confounded; they were as the grass of the field, and as the green herb, as the grass on the housetops, and as corn blasted before it be grown up.” Word: דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ) | |
| Job 38:27 | “To satisfy the desolate and waste ground; and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?” Word: דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ) |
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