Lexical Definition

‎שְׂעֹרָה‎ sᵉʻôrâh (seh-o-raw') barley ^H:N-F
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)

See Greek: κριθή · κρίθινος

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎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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