דֶּשֶׁא desheʼ — a sprout
Translated in the KJV as grass, green, herb.
from H1876; a sprout; by analogy, grass.
desheʼ in each stem
Qal (Pa'al)
Simple · active — the plain action; the subject does it
Participle (active) 1
דָשָׁ֔ה Jer 50:11 Participle (active), feminine singular
Because ye were glad, because ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine heritage, because ye are grown fat as the heifer at grass, and bellow as bulls;
What the stems mean
A Hebrew verb is its root letters set into a pattern. The pattern — the binyan — is the grammar's way of saying three things at once: whether the action is simple, intensive or causative, and whether its subject is active, passive or reflexive. That is why one Hebrew word can need six English ones. All seven binyanim, explained ›