stubble
qash denotes dry plant residue, especially as an image of material consumed by fire or driven away by wind.
The term most often denotes dry plant residue in comparisons of fire consuming it or wind carrying it away; it can also name material gathered for use with straw. These images portray something readily burned, scattered, or otherwise unable to endure.
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Dry residue in images of burning and dispersal · dominant
In Exodus 15:7 the APB renders the clause that burning anger consumes opponents “like stubble,” while Isaiah 5:24 compares fire consuming it with the ruin described afterward. Isaiah 40:24 and Jeremiah 13:24 use it in wind-driven comparisons, and Isaiah 47:14 and Joel 2:5 place it in scenes of fire consuming dry material.
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Material gathered for straw · rare
In Exodus 5:12, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the report that the people scattered through Egypt to gather material “for straw.” The verse presents it as something collected rather than as part of a comparison of destruction.
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as “stubble,” including “dry stubble” in Nahum 1:10, within fire and wind comparisons. Its wording confirms the verse-level imagery rather than assigning a separate English rendering in every occurrence.