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The Hebrew has no word for it, chatsir (; ) expressing grass as well as hay. For in the hot East the grass becomes hay as it stands; compare . It was cut as it was used, and not stacked (; ; ). , "the latter growth," is that which springs up after mowing. Chashash () is not "chaff," but the withered grass. In ; , translated "the hay grass."