ge.za denotes a tree’s stock or trunk base, whether producing a shoot, taking root, or dying in dust.

The term denotes the stock or trunk base of a tree or plant: it is the source from which a shoot comes, is described as taking root in the earth, and can die in the dust.

1. Tree stock or trunk base · dominant

   All three occurrences use the masculine singular construct form in clauses about a plant’s base. In Isaiah 11:1 the APB renders a shoot coming out from the stock of Jesse; in Isaiah 40:24 it renders the stock as taking root in the earth; and in Job 14:8 it renders the stock as dying in the dust.

   Isaiah 11:1Isaiah 40:24Job 14:8

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “stock” in each cited verse, within scenes of a shoot’s emergence, rooting, and death. This consistency confirms the verse-level imagery rather than establishing a finer distinction.