דֶּשֶׁא
Used: 14 times · Key: 1877 · BDB: דֶּ֫שֶׁא
Glosses
fresh.grass (6); of.fresh.grass (5); vegetation (2)
Meaning (OSHB)
grass tree →
Meaning (BDB 1906)
n.m. grass tree →
The whole BDB entry
n.m. Is 15:6 grass (NH id., Assyrian dišu, herb, Lyon Sargontexte 69; Sab. דתֿא fresh shoots DHMZMG 1875, 597 = springtime CISiv. p. 11; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, ܬܰܕܐܴܐ (cf. LagBN 130))—ד׳ abs. Gn 1:11 + 13 times—acc. cogn. תַּדְשֵׁא Gn 1:11; cf. v 12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2 S 23:4; of a second crop of grass Pr 27:25 (opp. חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God לְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶ֑שֶׁא Jb 38:27; refreshed by rain Dt 32:2; נְאוֹת ד׳ ψ 23:2; as food of wild ass Jb 6:5; as failing (withered) Is 15:6; lacking for animals Je 14:5; וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא sim. of weakness 2 K 19:26 (‖ עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה) = Is 37:27; of transitoriness (withering) ψ 37:2 (יֶרֶק ד׳), of growth and prosperity, Is 66:14.
Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 14 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates)
Trees and pragmatics
Every English meaning of «דֶּשֶׁא» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.
In the verses
גָּלָ֣ה חָ֭צִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶ֑שֶׁא וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ עִשְּׂב֥וֹת הָרִֽים׃
Word for word: it.disappears grass and it.appears fresh.grass and they.are.gathered [the].vegetation(s) of.[the].mountains
JPS 1917: When the hay is mown, and the tender grass showeth itself, and the herbs of the mountains are gathered in;
לְהַשְׂבִּ֣יעַ שֹׁ֭אָהוּמְשֹׁאָ֑ה וּ֝לְהַצְמִ֗יחַ מֹ֣צָא דֶֽשֶׁא׃
Word for word: to satisfy devastation and desolation and to cause.to.sprout a.going.forth of.fresh.grass
JPS 1917: To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth?
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