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שְׂעֹרָה noun feminine barley (bearded grain; ᵐ5 κριθή, ᵑ9 hordeum; Late Hebrew id.; Sabean שערם Glas in FellZMG liv (1900), 256, Arabic [untranscribed source text 5304]; Old Aramaic שערה, ᵑ7 סְעָרְתָא, Syriac [untranscribed source text 5305]; Di260 compare Ethiopic [untranscribed source text 5306] 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.