עִשְּׂב֥וֹת

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 עִשְּׂב֥וֹת

   i-se-VOt

   plants or herbs
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 עִשְּׂב֥וֹת הָרִֽים׃

   i-se-VOt ha-RIM

   plants or herbs mountains
3. clause🔊 וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ עִשְּׂב֥וֹת הָרִֽים׃

   ve-ne-es-FU i-se-VOt ha-RIM

   and they are gathered plants or herbs mountains
4. sentence🔊 גָּלָ֣ה חָ֭צִיר וְנִרְאָה־דֶ֑שֶׁא וְ֝נֶאֶסְפ֗וּ עִשְּׂב֥וֹת הָרִֽים׃

   ga-LA kha-TSIR ve-ni-re-A-de-she ve-ne-es-FU i-se-VOt ha-RIM

   is uncovered or is revealed grass and is seen new growth and they are gathered plants or herbs mountains

Exegesis

The final clause employs wə-neʼeśfū {וְנֶאֶסְפ֗וּ | wə-ne-es-pû} ‘and are gathered’, another Nifal perfect governing the construct chain ʿiśśəvôṯ hārîm {עִשְּׂבוֹת הָרִים | ʿiś-ə-bôṯ hā-rîm} ‘herbs of the mountains’, situating the harvest in the hill country. In the formal reconstruction, the parallel clause structure is retained to mirror the Hebrew sequence, whereas the dynamic reconstruction introduces an initial temporal clause (“After the old grass is gone”) to render the progression idiomatically in English. Both translations preserve the construct relationship between ʿiśśəvôṯ and hārîm.

Root and etymology

ע־ש־ב🔊 ayin–shin–beth

“herb, plant”

• 🔊 עֵשֶׂבʿê-seḇgrass, herbGenesis 1:12