“grass.” This is not “grass” as we think of in the United States today, green grass that we care for and cut with a lawn mower. In the biblical world most field plants did not have names, usually only the edible plants had names. The rest of the field weeds were simply called “grass.” Green lawn grass does not burn well, even when dry, but a stack of field weeds burned fast and hot, and was commonly used to start campfires or heat the oven.