שַׁ֫יִת
sha.yit (H7898)
thornbush
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word שַׁ֫יִת (sha.yit) is defined as "thornbush". This term is exclusively found in biblical texts and has a total of 7 occurrences. The semantic domain of creation and nature suggests that this word is used to describe aspects of the natural world. Given its translation as "thornbush", it is likely that this term refers to a specific type of thorny plant, which was common in ancient Near Eastern regions. Its usage is restricted to these natural or botanical contexts, suggesting a neutral or descriptive role in biblical narratives and descriptions of the environment. As a term with a limited presence in the biblical text, "thornbush" (שַׁ֫יִת) may hold significance in its descriptive capacity, emphasizing the presence of thorns and the potential dangers or discomforts they posed in ancient wilderness environments.
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I will lay it a wasteland. It won’t be pruned or hoed, but it will grow briers and thorns. I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain on it.”
It will happen in that day that every place where there were a thousand vines at a thousand silver shekels, shall be for briers and thorns.
People will go there with arrows and with bow, because all the land will be briers and thorns.
All the hills that were cultivated with the hoe, you shall not come there for fear of briers and thorns; but it shall be for the sending out of oxen, and for sheep to tread on.”
For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.
The light of Israel will be for a fire, and his Holy One for a flame; and it will burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day.
Wrath is not in me, but if I should find briers and thorns, I would do battle! I would march on them and I would burn them together.