חָשַׁשׁ
chashash · dry grass, chaff
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H2842 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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chashash (חָשַׁשׁ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “dry grass, chaff”.
Dry grass, hay.
How to say it
cha·shash
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Withered hay that burns at once.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, and dry grass sinks down in the flame, their root will be like rot, and their blossom will go up like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of YHWH Tsevaot and spurned the saying of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 33:11
You conceive dry grass, you give birth to stubble; your breath is a fire that will devour you.