The meaning of “שְׂעֹרָה”
Understanding sᵉʻôrâh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
or שְׂעוֹרָה sᵉʻôwrâh (seh-o-raw') (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר sᵉʻôr (s...
שְׂעֹרָה
or שְׂעוֹרָה sᵉʻôwrâh (seh-o-raw') (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר sᵉʻôr (seh-ore'); or שְׂעוֹר sᵉʻôwr (seh-ore'); from שָׂעַר in the sense of roughness barley. - barley (as villose) 1) barley 1a) barley (of the plant) 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Exodus 9:31 | “And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.” Word: שְׂעֹרָה (sᵉʻôrâh) | |
| Deuteronomy 8:8 | “A land of wheat, and barley, and vines, and fig trees, and pomegranates; a land of oil olive, and honey;” Word: שְׂעֹרָה (sᵉʻôrâh) | |
| 2 Samuel 17:28 | “Brought beds, and basons, and earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, and flour, and parched corn, and beans, and lentiles, and parched pulse,” Word: שְׂעֹרָה (sᵉʻôrâh) | |
| 1 Chronicles 11:13 | “He was with David at Pas–dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.” Word: שְׂעֹרָה (sᵉʻôrâh) | |
| Isaiah 28:25 | “When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?” Word: שְׂעֹרָה (sᵉʻôrâh) |
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