Barley
H8184
Hebrew
UBS
שְׂעֹרָה
sᵉʻôrâhseh-o-raw'
Noun Feminine
Definition
= a type of cultivated grass like wheat or rice; less than 1 m tall; it produces a single head on each stalk, with rows of kernels; ◄ Hordeum distichum or Hordeum vulgare; ► its grain was used to make bread or beer, or for animal feed
Semantic Domains
Crops
Etymology
or שְׂעוֹרָה (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר; or שְׂעוֹר; from H8175 (שָׂעַר) in the sense of roughness;
KJV Translations
barley
Occurrences32
Frequency Rank#965