si.ach denotes shrubs or bushes, appearing as field growth, cover, and a place beside which food is gathered.

The term denotes shrubs or bushes in settings of field growth and low vegetation: they are absent before rain and cultivation in Genesis 2:5, provide cover in Genesis 21:15 and Job 30:7, and stand beside food gathering in Job 30:4.

1. Shrubs or bushes in the landscape · dominant

   In Genesis 2:5, the singular construct form occurs in the statement that no bush of the field had yet sprung. The plural forms occur where the youth is placed under one of the bushes in Genesis 21:15 and where people are between the bushes in Job 30:7; in Job 30:4, the singular stands in the setting of gathering mallow and roots for food.

   Genesis 2:5Genesis 21:15Job 30:4Job 30:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “bush” in Genesis 2:5 and Job 30:4, and as “bushes” in Genesis 21:15 and Job 30:7. These renderings confirm the surrounding vegetation setting rather than establish finer distinctions.