to eat, devour, burn up, feed

1. (Qal)

   1. to eat (human subject)

   2. to eat, devour (of beasts and birds)

   3. to devour, consume (of fire)

   4. to devour, slay (of sword)

   5. to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought)

   6. to devour (of oppression)

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be eaten (by men)

   2. to be devoured, consumed (of fire)

   3. to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh)

3. (Pual)

   1. to cause to eat, feed with

   2. to cause to devour

4. (Hiphil)

   1. to feed

   2. to cause to eat

5. (Piel)

   1. consume

sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

thistles, thorns

herb, herbage, grass, green plants

to sprout, spring up, grow up

1. (Qal)

   1. to sprout, spring up

      1. of plants

      2. of hair

      3. of speech (fig.)

2. (Piel) to grow abundantly or thickly

3. (Hiphil)

   1. to cause to grow

   2. to cause to sprout

thorn, thornbush

1. thornbush

2. thorn

field, land

1. cultivated field

2. of home of wild beasts

3. plain (opposed to mountain)

4. land (opposed to sea)