H3418 — יֶרֶק (yereq)¶

Core Data¶

Strong's: H3418
Original: יֶרֶק
Transliteration: yereq
Pronunciation: yeh
Part of Speech: Masculine noun
Root: Lexicon notes color/verdure sense; related to green vegetation terminology
Occurrences: 6 unique verses (8 tokens) across 5 books
First Occurrence: Gen 1:30 — "every green herb for meat"
Hapax Legomenon: No

Lexicon Definition¶

-rek; from (in the sense of vacuity of color); properly, pallor, i.e. hence, the yellowish green of young and sickly vegetation; concretely, verdure, i.e. grass or vegetation:—grass, green (thing).

Translation Distribution (KJV)¶

Translation	Verses	%
green	2	33.3%
green thing	2	33.3%
the grass	1	16.7%
connective/comparison renderings	2	33.3%

Distribution by Book¶

Book	Count	Per 100 Verses
Genesis	2	0.1
Exodus	1	0.1
Isaiah	1	0.1
Numbers	1	0.1
Psalms	1	0.0

The word is sparse. Genesis provides the food-gift comparison; Exodus and Isaiah use it in vegetation-destruction language.

Semantic Categories¶

1. Green Vegetation as Food Provision¶

Gen 1:30 — every green herb is given "for meat" to living creatures
Gen 9:3 — moving creatures are given "even as the green herb"

2. Vegetation Consumed or Destroyed¶

Exo 10:15 — locusts leave "not any green thing" in trees or herbs
Isa 15:6 — desolation: "there is no green thing"

3. Grass/Vegetation as Comparative Image¶

Num 22:4 — Moab fears Israel will lick up surrounding resources "as the ox licketh up the grass"
Ps 37:2 — the wicked are compared with grass/green herb that withers

Common Collocations¶

Word	Strong's	Co-occurrences	Typical Pattern
עֶשֶׂב (eseb)	H6212	3x	"green herb" or vegetation pair
אׇכְלָה (oklah)	H402	2x	vegetation as food/meat in Gen 1/9
אֶרֶץ (erets)	H776	2x	vegetation on land/earth
דֶּשֶׁא (deshe)	H1877	2x	grass/green vegetation overlap
חַי (chay)	H2416	2x	living-creature food-gift contexts
חָצִיר (chatsiyr)	H2682	2x	hay/grass overlap
שָׂדֶה (sadeh)	H7704	2x	herbs/grass of the field

Easily Confused Words¶

Word	Strong's	Shared Translation	Key Difference
עֶשֶׂב (eseb)	H6212	herb/grass	eseb names herb/grass/shoots; yereq emphasizes greenness/verdure.
דֶּשֶׁא (deshe)	H1877	grass	deshe is sprouting grass/tender vegetation; yereq is the green thing/color-quality.
חָצִיר (chatsiyr)	H2682	grass	chatsiyr often grass/hay; yereq is sparse and focuses on green vegetation.
יָרוֹק (yaroq)	H3387	green thing	another green/herb term; one shared-translation overlap in tool output.

Semantic Domain¶

002001001015 — Color (relationship tool). The domain list includes color terms; yereq's lexical profile sits at the color/vegetation boundary.

LXX Mapping¶

Greek Equivalent	Co-occurrences	PMI Score	Notes
χλωρός (chloros) G5515	4	10.08	Primary green/color equivalent.
χόρτος (chortos) G5528	4	8.49	Grass/herb equivalent.
πᾶς (pas) G3956	4	1.90	"all/every" overlap in food/vegetation phrases.

No LXX bridge reaches the auto-trace threshold.