cha.tsir denotes grass as growing vegetation, fodder, and an image of human frailty and passing life.

The term denotes grass as visible growing vegetation: it is sought to keep animals alive, springs up for animals, and grows on hills. The same vegetation supplies images of quick withering, especially when people, the wicked, or human life are compared with it.

1. Growing grass and its imagery · dominant

   In 1 Kings 18:5 the singular absolute form occurs in Ahab's search for vegetation to keep horses and mules alive; in Job 40:15 the APB renders Behemoth as eating it. In Psalm 104:14 and Psalm 147:8 it is caused to spring up or grow, while Isaiah 40:7 uses its withering to compare the people with grass.

   1 Kings 18:5Job 40:15Psalm 104:14Psalm 147:8Isaiah 40:7Psalm 103:15

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as "grass," including vegetation that animals eat or that grows in fields and hills. It also uses "tender grass" and "herb of grass" in comparison clauses; These English variations do not by themselves establish separate senses.