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Hebrew wordlink #154475

OSHB 2 Sam 23:4 דֶּשֶׁא (desheʼ) Strongs=1877 Lemma=‘דֶּשֶׁא’
contextual word gloss=‘fresh_grass’ word gloss=‘vegetation’
Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute
Year=-1015 TimeSeries=Reign_of_David

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Other uses (6) of identical word form דֶּשֶׁא (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) in the Hebrew originals

The word form ‘דֶּשֶׁא’ (Morphology=Ncmsa PoS=common_noun Gender=masculine Number=singular State=absolute) has 2 different glosses: ‘fresh_grass’, ‘vegetation’.

GEN 1:11 contextual word gloss=‘vegetation’ word gloss=‘vegetation’ OSHB GEN 1:11 word 5

OET-LV: 11 And_ god _he/it _said let _it _sprout the_earth/land vegetation plant[s] seed which_bears _seed tree[s]_of fruit fruit producing to/for_his/its_kind which his/its_seed in_him/it on the_earth/land and_he/it _was so. (GEN_1:11)

OET-RV: 11 Then God said, “Let the land sprout vegetation: every plant yielding seed, every fruit tree bearing its own fruit that has its seed inside it, on the earth.” Everything happened exactly as he commanded, (GEN 1:11)

GEN 1:12 contextual word gloss=‘vegetation’ word gloss=‘vegetation’ OSHB GEN 1:12 word 3

OET-LV: 12 And_she/it _produced the_earth/land vegetation plant[s] seed which_bears _seed to_his/its_kind and_tree producing fruit which his/its_seed in_him/it to_his/its_kind and_ god _he/it _saw if/because _that it_was_good. (GEN_1:12)

OET-RV: 12 so the land started producing vegetation, every plant producing its own seed, and every tree bearing fruit that has its seed inside it. And God saw that what he had done was good. (GEN 1:12)

2 KI 19:26 contextual word gloss=‘fresh_grass’ word gloss=‘vegetation’ OSHB 2 KI 19:26 word 10

OET-LV: 26 And_their _of_inhabitants were_short _of hand they _were _dismayed and_they _were _ashamed they _were vegetation _of the_field and_greenery _of fresh _grass grass _of roofs and_scorching to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before standing _grain. (KI2_19:26)

OET-RV: 26 Their inhabitants will be powerless—dismayed and ashamed.
⇔ They’ll be as vulnerable as plants in the countryside,
⇔ or like the grass that grows on the rooftops—
⇔ they wilt and wither before they can grow tall. DOUBLE-CHECK (KI2 19:26)

PSA 23:2 contextual word gloss=‘fresh_grass’ word gloss=‘vegetation’ OSHB PSA 23:2 word 2

OET-LV: 2 In_pastures _of fresh _grass he_makes _me _lie _down at waters _of rest(s) he_leads _me. (PSA_23:2)

OET-RV: 2 He lies me down in paddocks of fresh grass.
⇔ He leads me beside a peaceful stream. (PSA 23:2)

PSA 37:2 contextual word gloss=‘fresh_grass’ word gloss=‘vegetation’ OSHB PSA 37:2 word 6

OET-LV: 2 If/because like_grass quickly they _will _wither and_like_the_greenery _of fresh _grass they_will _fade. (PSA_37:2)

OET-RV: 2 because they’ll soon dry up like the grass
⇔ ≈ and wither as the green plants. (PSA 37:2)

ISA 37:27 contextual word gloss=‘fresh_grass’ word gloss=‘vegetation’ OSHB ISA 37:27 word 10

OET-LV: 27 And_their _of_inhabitants were_short _of hand they _were _dismayed and_they _were _ashamed they _were vegetation _of the_field and_greenery _of fresh _grass grass _of roofs and_a _field to_(the)_face _of/in _front _of/before standing _grain. (ISA_37:27)

OET-RV: 27 ◙ (ISA 37:27)