Lexical Summary chatsir: green grass, herbage Original Word: חָצִירTransliteration: chatsir Phonetic Spelling: (khaw-tseer') Part of Speech: Noun Masculine Short Definition: green grass, herbage Meaning: green grass, herbage Strong's Concordance grass, hay, herb, leek Perhaps originally the same as chatsiyr, from the greenness of a courtyard; grass; also a leek (collectively) -- grass, hay, herb, leek. see HEBREW chatsiyr Brown-Driver-Briggs H2682. chatsir II. חָצִיר noun masculineIsaiah 15:6 green grass, herbage, absolute חָצִיר Numbers 11:5 16t.; construct חֲצִיר Isaiah 37:27 = 2 Kings 19:26; Psalm 129:6; — 1 grass, as food for animals 1 Kings 18:5; Job 40:15; Psalm 104:14; 147:8; Proverbs 27:25 ("" דֶּשֶׁא and עֵשֶׂב), Isaiah 15:6 ("" דֶּשֶׁא and יֶרֶק); specifically of leeks (as still sometimes in Aramaic, see Löwpp. 226, 228) Numbers 11:5 (see Di); in simile of abundant growth Isaiah 44:4 (see ᵐ5 Ew Che); on 35:7 see I. חָצִיר above 2 as type of what is quickly perishing Job 8:12, hence figurative of perishing enemies גַּגּוֺת חֲצִיר Isaiah 37:27 = 2 Kings 19:26 ("" עֵשֶׂב דֶּשֶׁא,), Psalm 129:6, i.e. having no depth of root; of wicked, soon to be cut down 37:2; with special reference to Israel's oppressors Isaiah 40:6 ("" [השׂרה] ציץ), 40:7 ("" id.), 40:7; 40:8 ("" id.), 51:12; in simile of frail man Psalm 90:5; man's days 103:15 ("" השׂדה ציץ). IV. חצר (assumed as √ for reduplication חצרצר whence following; meaning unknown; perhaps onomatopoetic, see Thes Ol§§ 82 c.188 a Sta§124 b; see also LagOr ii.18). |
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