grass
de.she denotes low-growing ground vegetation, seen in growth, pasture, rain-fed land, and images of fading or lack.
The attested noun use denotes low-growing vegetation of the ground, whether newly produced by the earth, sustained by rain, available in pasture or field, or used to picture withering and absence. A single feminine singular active participle occurs in Jeremiah 50:11, but the translation does not isolate its contribution clearly enough to establish a further lexical use.
Senses in use
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Low-growing vegetation in land and pasture · dominant
The masculine singular absolute noun occurs for ground growth in creation and cultivation: in Genesis 1:11 and Genesis 1:12 the APB renders the earth as sprouting or bringing forth “vegetation,” while Job 38:27 renders ground made to sprout “grass.” It also appears with rain, pasture, and animal food: Deuteronomy 32:2 compares teaching and word to showers upon it, Psalm 23:2 places it in resting pastures, and Job 6:5 places it before the wild donkey.
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Participial form in an animal comparison · rare
Jeremiah 50:11 has a feminine singular active participle in the comparison involving a heifer; the APB renders the clause “leap like a heifer in the grass.” This verse does not securely identify the participle's specific contribution beyond its occurrence in that simile.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the noun as “vegetation,” “grass,” “tender grass,” “herb of grass,” and “green grass” across the verses. These are whole-verse presentations; Jeremiah 50:11 leaves the participial token especially unclear.