עשב

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Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ע־שׂ־ב (ʿ-s-b)

From an unused root meaning "to glisten" (or "be green"). Cognate with Arabic عُشْب (ʕušb).

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עֵשֶׂב • ('ésev) m (plural indefinite עֲשָׂבִים, singular construct עֵשֶׂב־)

  1. herb, grass, weed
    • Tanach, Psalms 106:20, with translation of the New International Version:
      וַיָּמִירוּ אֶת־כְּבוֹדָם בְּתַבְנִית שׁוֹר אֹכֵל עֵשֶׂב׃
      They exchanged their glorious God for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

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