Herb:
(1.) Heb. 'eseb, any green plant; herbage (Gen 1:11,12,29,30; 2:5; 3:18, etc.); comprehending vegetables and all green herbage (Amo 7:1,2).
(2.) Yarak, green; any green thing; foliage of trees (2Ki 19:26; Psa 37:2); a plant; herb (Deu 11:10).
(3.) Or, meaning "light" In Isa 26:19 it means "green herbs;" in 2Ki 4:39 probably the fruit of some plant.
(4.) Merorim, plural, "bitter herbs," eaten by the Israelites at the Passover (Exd 12:8; Num 9:11). They were bitter plants of various sorts, and referred symbolically to the oppression in Egypt.
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