she.de.phah denotes the damaging condition compared with grass before standing grain.

The term occurs in a comparison portraying inhabitants as grass on roofs and as a damaging condition before standing grain.

1. Damage likened to grass before grain · dominant

   In 2 Kings 19:26, the feminine singular absolute form stands in a sequence of comparisons for dismayed and ashamed inhabitants; the APB renders the final comparison “like blight before the standing grain.”

   2 Kings 19:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 2 Kings 19:26, the APB presents the final comparison as “like blight before the standing grain.” This rendering confirms the verse’s image without isolating every aspect of the term’s contribution.