King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7898
Transliteration: shayith
Phonetic Spelling: (shah'-yith)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: thornbushes
Meaning: scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers
Word Summary
shayith: thornbushes
Original Word: שַׁיִתTransliteration: shayith
Phonetic Spelling: (shah'-yith)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: thornbushes
Meaning: scrub, trash, wild growth of weeds, briers
Strong's Concordance
thorns From shiyth; scrub or trash, i.e. Wild growth of weeds or briers (as if put on the field) -- thorns.
see HEBREW shiyth
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7898. shayith
שַׁ֫יִת noun [masculine] collective thorn-bushes (connection with above √ dubious; DietrAbh.73 compare (improbable) שׁאה devastate, אִיָּה ruin, whence ׳שׁ wild, rough growth); — always with שָׁמִיר: absolute ׳שׁ Isaiah 7:23-24, 9:17; 27:4 (compare Du); שָׁ֑יִת 5:6; 7:25; suffix שִׁיתוֺ 10:17 (figurative of Assyr.).