חִטָּה
chit.tah
“wheat”
Definition
wheat, whether the grain or the plant
of uncertain derivation;
- wheat 1a) wheat (plant) 1b) wheat flour Aramaic equivalent: chin.tah (*חִנְטָה *"wheat" H2591)
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Feminine)
H:N-F
H:N-F
Occurrences
חִטָּה appears 25 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Now Ornan was threshing wheat when he turned and saw the angel; and his four sons who were with him hid themselves.
They brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels, as well as wheat, barley, flour, roasted grain, beans, lentils,
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.
Now during the wheat harvest, Reuben went out and found some mandrakes in the field. When he brought them to his mother, Rachel begged Leah, “Please give me some of your son’s mandrakes.”
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
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