Words the Bible translates as vegetation
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 3 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- esevעֵשֶׂבthe green, seed-bearing plants of the ground: herbs, low growth, and field crops, as opposed to trees
- tsemaḥצֶמַחwhat has sprouted: the fresh growth a field or plant puts out, and by extension the ruler God promises to grow from David's line
- yereqיֶרֶקgreen growth: everything on the land that is alive and green, taken together as one class
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Every English meaning beginning with V is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.