הדשיא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ד־שׁ־א (d-sh-ʾ)
3 terms

Causative of דָּשָׁא (dashá, “sprout”); only attested in the Tanach once and borrowed into literary Modern Hebrew with a slightly different meaning.

Pronunciation

Verb

הִדְשִׁיא • (hidshí) (hif'il construction)

  1. to sprout, cause to sprout
    • Tanach, Genesis 1:11, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים תַּדְשֵׁא הָאָרֶץ דֶּשֶׁא עֵשֶׂב מַזְרִיעַ זֶרַע עֵץ פְּרִי עֹשֶׂה פְּרִי לְמִינוֹ אֲשֶׁר זַרְעוֹ־בוֹ עַל־הָאָרֶץ וַיְהִי־כֵן׃
      And God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation: seed-bearing plants, fruit trees of every kind on earth that bear fruit with the seed in it.” And it was so.
  2. (Modern Israeli Hebrew) to cover with grass

Conjugation

Conjugation of הִדְשִׁיא (see also Appendix:Hebrew verbs)
non-finite forms to-infinitive לְהַדְשִׁיא
action noun הַדְשָׁאָה
finite forms singular plural
m f m f
past first הִדְשֵׁאתִי הִדְשֵׁאנוּ
second הִדְשֵׁאתָ הִדְשֵׁאת הִדְשֵׁאתֶם הִדְשֵׁאתֶן
third הִדְשִׁיא הִדְשִׁיאָה הִדְשִׁיאוּ
present מַדְשִׁיא מַדְשִׁיאָה מַדְשִׁיאִים מַדְשִׁיאוֹת
future first אַדְשִׁיא נַדְשִׁיא
second תַּדְשִׁיא תַּדְשִׁיאִי תַּדְשִׁיאוּ תַּדְשֶׁאנָה1
third יַדְשִׁיא תַּדְשִׁיא יַדְשִׁיאוּ תַּדְשֶׁאנָה1
imperative הַדְשֵׁא הַדְשִׁיאִי הַדְשִׁיאוּ הַדְשֶׁאנָה1

1 Rare in Modern Hebrew.

References

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