What does חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr) mean in the Bible?
חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr): Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
Hebrew · H2682
חָצִיר
Grass ; also a leek (collectively)
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חָצִירH2682
Pronunciationḥāṣiyr
What does חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr) mean in the Bible?
חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr): Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H2682?
The BSB source-word alignment has 21 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include grass (5), like grass (3), The grass (3), [and] the grass (1), are grass (1).
Where does חָצִיר (ḥāṣiyr) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Numbers 11:5. Its strongest book concentrations include Isaiah (9), Psalms (6), Job (2), 1 Kings (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itgrass5×1 Kings 18:5, 2 Kings 19:26, Job 8:12, Job 40:15
like grass3×Psalms 37:2, Psalms 129:6, Isaiah 51:12
The grass3×Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8, Isaiah 44:4
[and] the grass1×Isaiah 15:6
are grass1×Isaiah 40:7
are like grass1×Psalms 103:15
He makes the grass1×Psalms 104:14
is like grass1×Isaiah 40:6
leeks1×Numbers 11:5
like the new grass1×Psalms 90:5
there will be grass1×Isaiah 35:7
When hay1×Proverbs 27:25
who makes grass1×Psalms 147:8
Show sample aligned rows
Numbers 11:5הֶחָצִ֥ירtoleeksArticle | Noun - masculine singular1 Kings 18:5חָצִ֗ירtograssNoun - masculine singular2 Kings 19:26חֲצִ֣ירtograssNoun - masculine singular constructJob 8:12חָצִ֣ירtograssNoun - masculine singularJob 40:15חָ֝צִ֗ירtograssNoun - masculine singularPsalms 37:2כֶ֭חָצִירtolike grassPreposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularPsalms 90:5כֶּחָצִ֥ירtolike the new grassPreposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularPsalms 103:15כֶּחָצִ֣ירtoare like grassPreposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singularPsalms 104:14חָצִ֨יר׀toHe makes the grassNoun - masculine singularPsalms 129:6כַּחֲצִ֣ירtolike grassPreposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowNumbers 11:5
Aligned rows21
Books represented7
Numbers11 Kings12 Kings1Job2Psalms6Proverbs1Isaiah9
Source forms
חָצִ֖יר3xḥā·ṣîrIsaiah 35:7, Isaiah 40:7, Isaiah 40:8
חֲצִ֣יר2xḥă·ṣîr2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27
חָצִיר֙2xḥā·ṣîrIsaiah 15:6, Isaiah 40:7
הֶחָצִ֥יר1xhe·ḥā·ṣîrNumbers 11:5
חָצִ֗יר1xḥā·ṣîr1 Kings 18:5
חָצִ֣יר1xḥā·ṣîrJob 8:12
חָ֝צִ֗יר1xḥā·ṣîrJob 40:15
חָ֭צִיר1xḥā·ṣîrProverbs 27:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - masculine singular14x1 Kings 18:5, Job 8:12, Job 40:15, Psalms 104:14
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular3xPsalms 37:2, Psalms 90:5, Psalms 103:15
Noun - masculine singular construct2x2 Kings 19:26, Isaiah 37:27
Article | Noun - masculine singular1xNumbers 11:5
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct1xPsalms 129:6
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
Source Gloss
grass ; also a leek (collectively)
Extended definitionSource: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
Transient vegetation symbolizing human fragility and mortality; grass withers, echoing life's brevity
grass; also a leek (collectively) BDB: green grass Usage: grass, hay, herb, leek.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Selected Scripture Witnesses
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Biblical Witnesses
Grass as metaphor for human mortality and transience of life
Grass as provision for livestock, demonstrating divine care
Grass and hay as agricultural produce for sustenance and economic value
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 21 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
חָצִיר is built from this root:
חָצִירH2681
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