שַׁיִתshayith
thorn-bushes, connection with above √ dubious (Isaiah 7:23; Isaiah 7:24; Isaiah 9:17; Isaiah 27:4; Isaiah 5:6)
Pronunciation: shah'-yith · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7898
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Isaiah 5:6 I will make it a wild place where the vines are not pruned and the ground is not hoed, a place overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no rain on it.
- Isaiah 7:23 In that day the lush vineyards, now worth 1,000 pieces of silver, will become patches of briers and thorns.
- Isaiah 7:24 The entire land will become a vast expanse of briers and thorns, a hunting ground overrun by wildlife.
- Isaiah 7:25 No one will go to the fertile hillsides where the gardens once grew, for briers and thorns will cover them. Cattle, sheep, and goats will graze there.
- Isaiah 9:18 This wickedness is like a brushfire. It burns not only briers and thorns but also sets the forests ablaze. Its burning sends up clouds of smoke.
- Isaiah 10:17 The Lord, the Light of Israel, will be a fire; the Holy One will be a flame. He will devour the thorns and briers with fire, burning up the enemy in a single night.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).