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1 Kings 5:8
“And Hiram sent to Solomon, saying, I have considered the things which thou sentest to me for: and I will do all thy desire concerning timber of cedar, and concerning timber of fir.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H8184 · Hebrew
- Definition
- barley (as villose)
- Derivation
- or שְׂעוֹרָה (feminine meaning the plant); and (masculine meaning the grain); also שְׂעֹר; or שְׂעוֹר; from H8175 (שָׂעַר) in the sense of roughness;
- KJV renderings
- barley.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- שְּׂעֹרִ֣ים — common noun, feminine, plural, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 34 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 9:31Exodus 9:31Leviticus 27:16Numbers 5:15Deuteronomy 8:8
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read שְׂעֹרָה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.