herbage

«herbage» in Mova's judaism dictionary: grass and green plants, especially the food that animals… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (no plural in common use)

meaning for a pupil

Herbage is grass and green plants, especially the food that animals graze on. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: The prophets use dried-up grass to show a land struck by drought and ruin. The tradition reads such famine as a sign of God's warning to the people. In the primary lessons: in stories, herbage is the green grass that animals trample or eat, and in a fine spring it is lush

examples

• For the Waters of Nimrim shall be desolate; for the grass is withered away, the herbage faileth, there is no green thing. (Prophets ISA.15.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• And the wild asses stand on the high hills, they gasp for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage. (Prophets JER.14.6, JPS 1917) tree →
• The cows grazed on sweet herbage. tree →
• The elephants trampled the herbage flat. tree →
• After the rain, the herbage was thick and green. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

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