עֵ֫שֶׂב noun masculine[Gen 1:11] herb, herbage; — ׳ע absolute [Deut 11:15] +; construct [Gen 2:5] +; suffix עֶשְׂבָּם [Isa 42:15] plural construct עִשְּׂבוֺת (dagesh forte dirimens) [Prov 27:25] — herb, herbage, in oldest use often general (therefore including grass [דֶּשֶׁא]): הַשָּׂדֶה ׳ע [Exod 9:22] (E), [Gen 2:5] (+ שִׂיחַ) [Exod 9:25] (+ עֵץ), [Exod 10:15] (+ id; all J) [Amos 7:2], so הָאָרֶץ ׳ע [Exod 10:12] (E), + פְּרִי הָעֵץ v[Exod 10:15] (J), whence [Ps 105:35] apparently generally also in הארץ ׳ע [Job 5:25]; [Ps 72:16], ׳ע alone [Ps 92:8] כָּלהַֿשָּׂדֶה ׳ע [Jer 12:14], ׳ע alone [Deut 32:2] (|| דֶּשֶׁא), [Isa 42:15]; [Ps 102:5]; [Ps 102:12], and [Deut 29:22]; [Mic 5:6]; [Prov 19:12] hence ׳ע as food for cattle [Deut 11:15]; [Ps 106:20] compare [Jer 14:6]; [Zech 10:1] עִשְּׂבוֺת הָרִים [Prov 27:25] (|| דֶּשֶׁא, חָצִיר); but as human food (hence excluding דֶּשֶׁא) הַשָּׂדֶה ׳ע [Gen 3:18] (J); especially P [Gen 1:29] (+ עֶץ), ׳יֶרֶק ע v[Gen 1:30]; [Gen 9:3], hence ׳ע [Ps 104:14] (|| חָצִיר for cattle); ׳ע distinguished from דֶּשֶׁא, עֵץ also [Gen 1:11]; [Gen 1:12], שָׂדֶה ׳ע + דֶּשֶׁא, חָצִיר [2Kgs 19:26] + [Isa 37:27].
The Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon
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