Lexicon
אוֹרָה
o.rah
H0219B
H:N-F Hebrew

herb

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o.rah denotes herbs gathered from a field for food preparation in its lone biblical occurrence.

The plural noun occurs in the account of someone going into a field to gather herbs before the gathered plants are brought to a pot of stew in 2 Kings 4:39.

Senses in use

  1. Herbs gathered from a field · dominant

    In 2 Kings 4:39, the feminine plural absolute form occurs in the clause about going into the field to gather plants; the APB renders the action as going out "to gather herbs" before the plants are brought to the stew.

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 4:39, the APB presents the gathering action as "to gather herbs." That wording is only a contextual presentation of the clause.

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