bush
se.neh denotes the bush at the fiery scene in Exodus and in the description of the one who dwelt there.
The term denotes the bush in the Exodus scene: it is burning without being consumed, is the object Moses turns aside to see, and is the place from whose midst God calls. Deuteronomy 33:16 likewise identifies it as the place associated with the one who dwelt there.
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The bush in the fiery encounter · dominant
In Exodus 3:2, the masculine singular absolute form occurs three times in the scene of fire: the APB renders a flame from its midst and says that it was burning yet not consumed. In Exodus 3:3 Moses turns aside to see why it does not burn, and in Exodus 3:4 God calls from its midst. Deuteronomy 33:16 uses the same singular form in the phrase the APB renders as the favor of the one who dwelt in the bush.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across Exodus 3:2, Exodus 3:3, Exodus 3:4, and Deuteronomy 33:16, the APB consistently uses "bush." The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses present it as the setting of fire, Moses' attention, God's call, and dwelling.