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חָצִיר

«חָצִיר» in the Tanakh dictionary: green grass — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

Used: 20 times · Key: 2682 · BDB: חָצִיר²

Glosses

grass (14); herbage (3); [is].grass (2)

Meaning (OSHB)

green grass tree →

Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.m. green grass, herbage tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.m. Is 15:6 green grass, herbage, abs. חָצִיר Nu 11:5 + 16 times; cstr. חֲצִיר Is 37:27 = 2 K 19:26, ψ 129:6;— grass, as food for animals 1 K 18:5; Jb 40:15 ψ 104:14; 147:8; Pr 27:25 (‖ דֶּשֶׁא and עֵשֶׂב), Is 15:6 (‖ דֶּשֶׁא and יֶרֶק); spec. of leeks (as still sometimes in Aramaic, v. Löwpp. 226, 228) Nu 11:5 (v. Di); in sim. of abundant growth Is 44:4 (v. 𝔊 Ew Che); on Is 35:7; v. I. חָצִיר supr. as type of what is quickly perishing Jb 8:12, hence fig. of perishing enemies חֲצִיר גַּגּוֹת Is 37:27 = 2 K 19:26 (‖ דֶּשֶׁא, עֵשֶׂב), ψ 129:6, i.e. having no depth of root; of wicked, soon to be cut down ψ 37:2; with special reference to Israel’s oppressors Is 40:6 (‖ ציץ [השׂרה]), v 7 (‖ id.), v 7, 8 (‖ id.), 51:12; in sim. of frail man ψ 90:5; man’s days ψ 103:15 (‖ ציץ השׂדה).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (10 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 2 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (8 candidates)

Trees and pragmatics

Every English meaning of «חָצִיר» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

In the verses

Psalms 129:6

יִ֭הְיוּ כַּחֲצִ֣יר גַּגּ֑וֹת שֶׁקַּדְמַ֖ת שָׁלַ֣ף יָבֵֽשׁ׃

Word for word: may.they.be like.[the] grass of.roofs which before it.has.shot.up it.has.withered

JPS 1917: Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it springeth up;

Proverbs 27:25

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;

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