The meaning of “יֶרֶק”
Understanding yereq reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
grass, green (thing). - properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation - concretely, v...
יֶרֶק
grass, green (thing). - properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation - concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation 1) green, greenness, green plants, greenery
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 9:3 | “Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things.” Word: יֶרֶק (yereq) | |
| Exodus 10:15 | “For they covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened; and they did eat every herb of the land, and all the fruit of the trees which the hail had left: and there remained not any green thing in the trees, or in the herbs of the field, through all the land of Egypt.” Word: יֶרֶק (yereq) | |
| Numbers 22:4 | “And Moab said unto the elders of Midian, Now shall this company lick up all that are round about us, as the ox licketh up the grass of the field. And Balak the son of Zippor was king of the Moabites at that time.” Word: יֶרֶק (yereq) | |
| Psalms 37:2 | “For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb.” Word: יֶרֶק (yereq) | |
| Isaiah 15:6 | “For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.” Word: יֶרֶק (yereq) |
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