Lexical Definition

‎חִטָּה‎ chiṭṭâh (khit-taw') wheat ^H:N-F
of uncertain derivation

wheat(-en).

• wheat, whether the grain or the plant

1) wheat
1a) wheat (plant)
1b) wheat flour

See Greek: σῖτος

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Aramaic form: חִנְטָא
‎חִטָּה‎ wheat, see below ‎חנט‎.

‎חִטָּה‎ noun feminine wheat (Late Hebrew id., Aramaic ‎חִנְטִין‎, ‎חִיטְּתָא‎, ; Arabic ); — absolute ‎׳‎‎ח‎ Exod 9:32 + 6 t.; plural ‎חִטִּים‎ Gen 30:14 + 20 t.; ‎חִטִּין‎ Ezek 4:9 construct ‎חִטֵּי‎ Ezek 27:17 — wheat, singular chiefly in poetry, of growing wheat Exod 9:32 (E), Deut 8:8; Job 31:40; Joel 1:11 sown Isa 28:25 food-product Deut 32:14 (‎׳‎‎חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֺת ח‎ kidney-fat of wheat, i.e. the choicest, see ‎חֵלֶב‎), ‎׳‎‎חֵלֶב ח‎ Ps 81:17* (compare Ps 147:14 below); elsewhere plural; wheat as sown Jer 12:13 wheat-harvest ‎׳‎‎קְצִיר ח‎ Gen 30:14 (J), Exod 34:22 (JE), Judg 15:1; 1Sam 6:13; 1Sam 12:17; Ruth 2:23, + 2Sam 24:15 where insert according to ᵐ5 We Dr; wheat threshed Judg 6:11; Judg 1:21 compare v1Chr 20:23 measured 1Kgs 5:25* = 2Chr 2:9* (‎חטים מַכּוֺת‎, read ‎מַכֹּלֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎ח‎ as 1Kgs 5:25* = wheat for food Th Be Ke after Vrss), v.1Kgs 4:14; 1Kgs 27:5; Ezek 45:13 stored (with barley, oil and honey) Jer 41:8 for food 2Sam 17:28, ‎חֵלֶב חִטִּים‎ Ps 147:14 (compare Ps 81:14* above); ‎לֹקְחֵי חִטִּים‎ 2Sam 4:6 (read ‎׳‎‎סֹקְלָה ח‎ ᵐ5 We Dr); ‎׳‎‎סֹלֶת ח‎ fine wheaten flour Exod 29:2 (P); Ezek 4:9 (‎חִטִּין‎, Aramaic plural) mixed with barley, beans, lentils, etc., and made into bread.

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