דֶּ֫שֶׁא

דֶּ֫שֶׁא noun masculine^{Isa 15:6} grass (Late Hebrew id., Assyrian dišu, herb, Lyon^{Sargontexte 69}; Sabean דתֿא fresh shoots DHM^{ZMG 1875, 597} = springtime CIS^{iv. p. 11}; Aramaic דִּתְאָה, (compare Lag^{BN 130})) — ׳ד absolute Gen 1:11+ 13 t. — accusative of congnate meaning with verb תַּדְשֵׁא Gen 1:11 compare vGen 1:12 (in both, produced by earth); springing out of earth 2Sam 23:4 of a second crop of grass Prov 21:25 (opposed to חָצִיר); caused to spring forth by God לְהַצְמִיחַ מֹצָא דֶ֑שֶׁא Job 38:27 refreshed by rain Deut 32:2 ׳נְאוֺת ד Ps 23:2 as food of wild ass Job 6:5 as failing (withered) Isa 15:6 lacking for animals Jer 14:5 וִירַק דֶּשֶׁא simile of weakness 2Kgs 19:26 (|| עֵשֶׂב שָׂדֶה) = Isa 37:27 of transitoriness (withering) Ps 37:2 (׳יֶרֶק ד); of growth and prosperity, Isa 66:14.

[דֶּ֫תֶא] noun [masculine] grass (so ᵑ7 Syriac; Biblical Hebrew דֶּשֶׁא); — emphatic דִּתְאָא Dan 4:12; Dan 4:20.