King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H1877
Transliteration: deshe
Phonetic Spelling: (deh'-sheh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: grass
Meaning: a sprout, grass
Word Summary
deshe: grass
Original Word: דֶּשֶׁאTransliteration: deshe
Phonetic Spelling: (deh'-sheh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: grass
Meaning: a sprout, grass
Strong's Concordance
tender grass, green, tender herb From dasha; a sprout; by analogy, grass -- (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.
see HEBREW dasha
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H1877. deshe
דֶּ֫שֶׁא noun masculineIsaiah 15:6 grass (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian dišu, herb, LyonSargontexte 69; Sabean דתֿא fresh shoots DHMZMG 1875, 597 = springtime CISiv. p. 11; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, (compare LagBN 130)) — ׳ד absolute Genesis 1:11+ 13 t. — accusative of congnate meaning with verb תַּדְשֵׁא 1:11; compare 1:12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2 Samuel 23:4; of a second crop of grass Proverbs 21:25 (opposed to חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God דֶ֑שֶׁא מֹצָא לְהַצְמִיחַ Job 38:27; refreshed by rain Deuteronomy 32:2; ד ׳נְאוֺת Psalm 23:2; as food of wild ass Job 6:5; as failing (withered) Isaiah 15:6; lacking for animals Jeremiah 14:5; דֶּשֶׁא וִירַק simile of weakness 2 Kings 19:26 ("" שָׂדֶה עֵשֶׂב) = Isaiah 37:27; of transitoriness (withering) Psalm 37:2 (ד ׳יֶרֶק); of growth and prosperity, Isaiah 66:14.