Lexicon
יֶ֫רֶק
ye.req
H3418
H:N-M Hebrew

green

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Hebrew
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ye.req denotes green plant growth, whether given as food, standing in a field, or portrayed as withering away.

The term most often denotes green vegetation or plant growth in a field or landscape, including growth consumed, removed, or withered. It also appears in statements about vegetation given as food to living creatures and humans.

Senses in use

  1. Green vegetation in field and landscape scenes · dominant

    In Exodus 10:15 the absolute form occurs where the APB renders that nothing “green” remained on trees or among the field's vegetation after the land was eaten. In Numbers 22:4 and Psalm 37:2, construct forms occur in comparisons involving an ox licking up the field's growth and grass that withers; Isaiah 15:6 likewise describes plant growth as no longer present after waters become devastated.

  2. Vegetation supplied for food · common

    In Genesis 1:30 the absolute form occurs in the gift of every green plant as food to animals. In Genesis 9:3, the clause compares the gift of living creatures for food with the earlier provision of green vegetation.

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously presents the surrounding clauses as “green plant,” “green vegetation,” “green of the field,” “green grass,” and simply “green.” These are verse-level presentations rather than fixed renderings of the term.

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