3418. yereq

Lexicon

yereq: Green, greenery, vegetables, herbs

Original Word: יֶרֶק
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: yereq
Pronunciation: yeh-rek
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-rek)
Definition: Green, greenery, vegetables, herbs
Meaning: pallor, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation, verdure, grass, vegetation

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

grass, green thing

From yaraq (in the sense of vacuity of color); properly, pallor, i.e. Hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. Grass or vegetation -- grass, green (thing).

see HEBREW yaraq

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from an unused word
Definition
green, greenness
NASB Translation
grass (1), green (4), green thing (1).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

יֶ֫רֶק noun masculine^{Isaiah 15:6} green, greenness (on in gardens, see Nö^{ZMG 1876, 777} Löw^{p. 236 f.}) — absolute Exodus 10:15; Isaiah 15:6; construct Genesis 1:30 3t.; — יֶרֶק עֵשֶׂב Genesis 1:30; Genesis 9:3 (both P); יֶרֶק דֶּשֶׁא Psalm 37:2 יֶרֶק הַשָּׂדֶה Numbers 22:4 (E) = green thing, grass; alone Exodus 10:15 (J) green thing, including עֵץ and עֵשֶׂב, Isaiah 15:6.

Topical Lexicon

Word Origin: Derived from the root יָרַק (yarak), which means "to be green" or "to grow green."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: • G3001: λειμών (leimōn) • Refers to a meadow or pasture, emphasizing the lushness and greenness of the area.
• G5515: χλωρός (chlōros) • Meaning green or pale green, often used to describe the color of grass or vegetation, and metaphorically to describe a pale or sickly appearance.

This lexical entry provides a comprehensive understanding of the Hebrew word יֶרֶק (Yereq), its usage in the biblical text, and its connections to Greek terms that convey similar meanings.

Usage: The word יֶרֶק is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe the color and condition of vegetation, often highlighting its freshness or lack thereof. It appears in contexts that discuss the natural world, agriculture, and sometimes metaphorically to describe human conditions.

Context: • יֶרֶק (Yereq) is a noun that appears in various contexts within the Hebrew Scriptures. It is often used to describe the green color of plants, indicating either their health or, conversely, their sickly state when the term is used to denote pallor.
• In Genesis 1:30, יֶרֶק is used to describe the provision of green plants for food: "And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” (BSB)
• The term also appears in Numbers 22:4, where it describes the lushness of the land: "The Moabites said to the elders of Midian, 'This horde will devour everything around us like an ox licks up the grass of the field.'" (BSB)
• יֶרֶק is used metaphorically in some passages to describe human conditions, such as in Isaiah 15:6, where the drying up of vegetation symbolizes desolation and mourning.
• The word is significant in understanding the biblical perspective on creation, sustenance, and the cycles of life and death as reflected in the natural world.

Forms and Transliterations

וּכְיֶ֥רֶק וכירק יֶ֖רֶק יֶ֣רֶק יֶ֥רֶק יֶ֧רֶק ירק כְּיֶ֣רֶק כירק kə·ye·req keYerek kəyereq ū·ḵə·ye·req ucheYerek ūḵəyereq ye·req Yerek yereq

Englishman's Concordance

Genesis 1:30
HEB: אֶת־ כָּל־ יֶ֥רֶק עֵ֖שֶׂב לְאָכְלָ֑ה
NAS: [I have given] every green plant
KJV: wherein [there is] life, [I have given] every green herb
INT: age thing green plant food

Genesis 9:3
HEB: יִהְיֶ֖ה לְאָכְלָ֑ה כְּיֶ֣רֶק עֵ֔שֶׂב נָתַ֥תִּי
NAS: all to you, as [I gave] the green plant.
KJV: shall be meat for you; even as the green herb
INT: become shall be food the green plant give

Exodus 10:15
HEB: נוֹתַ֨ר כָּל־ יֶ֧רֶק בָּעֵ֛ץ וּבְעֵ֥שֶׂב
NAS: Thus nothing green was left
KJV: and there remained not any green thing in the trees,
INT: was left all green tree plant

Numbers 22:4
HEB: הַשּׁ֔וֹר אֵ֖ת יֶ֣רֶק הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה וּבָלָ֧ק
NAS: licks up the grass of the field.
KJV: licketh up the grass of the field.
INT: licks as the ox the grass of the field and Balak

Psalm 37:2
HEB: מְהֵרָ֣ה יִמָּ֑לוּ וּכְיֶ֥רֶק דֶּ֝֗שֶׁא יִבּוֹלֽוּן׃
NAS: And fade like the green herb.
KJV: and wither as the green herb.
INT: quickly down the green herb and fade

Isaiah 15:6
HEB: כָּ֣לָה דֶ֔שֶׁא יֶ֖רֶק לֹ֥א הָיָֽה׃
NAS: died out, There is no green thing.
KJV: faileth, there is no green thing.
INT: died the tender green is no become

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 3418
6 Occurrences

kə·ye·req — 1 Occ.
ū·ḵə·ye·req — 1 Occ.
ye·req — 4 Occ.