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śᵊʿōrā שְׂעֹרָה ‘barley’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from śāʿar שָׂעַר ‘to shudder / to storm / to know’ in the sense of roughness
Roots: שׂער

śᵊʿōrā n, f
1) barley
 1a) barley (of the plant)
 1b) barley (of the meal or grain)

Mentioned in Exodus 9:31 Codex Leviticus 27:16 Numbers 5:15 Deuteronomy 8:8 Judges 7:13 2 Samuel 14:30, 21:9, 17:28 1 Kings 5:8 2 Kings 4:42, 7:18, 7:1, 7:16 Isaiah 28:25 Jeremiah 41:8 Ezekiel 4:12, 4:9, 45:13, 13:19 Hosea 3:2 Joel 1:11 Job 31:40 Ruth 3:15, 2:17, 3:17, 3:2, 2:23, 1:22 1 Chronicles 11:13 2 Chronicles 2:14, 2:9, 27:5

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