BDB8287 [H8184]

שְׂעֹרָה noun feminine barley (bearded grain; ᵐ5 κριθή, ᵑ9 hordeum; Late Hebrew id.; Sabean שערם Glas in Fell^{ZMG liv (1900), 256}, Arabic ; Old Aramaic שערה, ᵑ7 סְעָרְתָא, Syriac ; Di²⁶⁰ compare Ethiopic wheat, grain); — absolute ׳שׂ Exod 9:31 +; usually plural שְׂעֹרִים Hos 3:2 +; — barley, common grain (often || חִטָּה, etc.):

1. growing, standing, singular Exod 9:31 (twice in verse) (J), Deut 8:8; Job 31:40; Job 1:11, as sown Isa 28:25 standing, plural 2Sam 14:30 ׳שְׂעוֺ 1Chr 11:13, reaped קְצִיר (הַ)שְׂעֹרִים 2Sam 21:9; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23, ׳גֹּרֶן הַשּׂ Ruth 3:2.

2. plural, the grains, measured, cooked, etc.: Hos 3:2 (twice in verse); Ezek 4:9; Ezek 13:19; Ezek 45:13; 2Kgs 7:1; 2Kgs 7:16; 2Kgs 7:18; Jer 41:8; 2Chr 2:9; 2Chr 2:14; 2Chr 27:5; 2Chr 3:15; 2Chr 3:17; 2Chr 2:28; 1Kgs 5:8 (food for horses); ׳זֶרַע חֹמֶר שׂ Lev 27:16 (P); ׳קֶמַח שׂ Num 5:15, ׳לֶחֶם שׂ Judg 7:13; 2Kgs 4:42, ׳עֻגַת שׂ Ezek 4:12.

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