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HERB.—(1) yârâq, yereq, twice tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘green thing’ (Exo_10:15, Isa_15:6); gan yârâq, ‘garden of herbs,’ Deu_11:10, 1Ki_21:2. (2) ‘çseb, herbage in general, Gen_1:11 (cf. Arab. [Note: Arabic.] ’ushb). See Grass. (3) deshe’ is six times tr. [Note: translate or translation.] ‘herb’ (Deu_32:2, 2Ki_19:26, Job_38:27, Psa_37:2, Isa_37:27; Isa_66:14). (4) ’ôrôth, 2Ki_4:39 ‘herbs.’ This is explained to be the plant colewort, but may have been any eatable herbs that survived the drought. The expressions ‘dew of herbs’ (Isa_26:19 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ) and ‘upon herbs’ (Isa_18:4 AV [Note: Authorized Version.] ) are obscure. In the NT we have the Gr. terms botanç (Heb_6:7 ‘grass’) and lachanon = yereq (Mat_13:32).
See also Bitter Herbs.
E. W. G. Masterman.