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title: חִטָּה — wheat · The Tanakh dictionary
description: חִטָּה (2406), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 30 times: wheat. BDB 1906: n.f. wheat. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# חִטָּה

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«חִטָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **wheat** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 30 times · **Key:** 2406 · **BDB:** חִטָּה²

### Glosses

wheat(s) (10); of.wheat(s) (9); the.wheat(s) (3)

### Meaning (OSHB)

wheat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2406/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. wheat [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2406/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. wheat (NH id., Aramaic חִנְטִין, חִיטְּתָא, ܚܶܛܬܳܐ; Arabic حِنْطَةٌ );—abs. ח׳ Ex 9:32 + 6 times; pl. חִטִּים Gn 30:14 + 20 times; חִטִּין Ez 4:9; cstr. חִטֵּי Ez 27:17;—wheat, sg. chiefly poet., of growing wheat Ex 9:32 (E), Dt 8:8 Jb 31:40; Jo 1:11; sown Is 28:25; food-product Dt 32:14 (חֵלֶב כִּלְיוֹת ח׳ kidney-fat of wheat, i.e. the choicest, v. חֵלֶב) חֵלֶב ח׳ ψ 81:17 (cf. 147:14 infr.); elsewhere pl.; wheat as sown Je 12:13; wheat-harvest קְצִיר ח׳ Gn 30:14 (J), Ex 34:22 (JE), Ju 15:1 1 S 6:13; 12:17 Ru 2:23, + 2 S 24:15 where insert according to 𝔊 We Dr; wheat threshed Ju 6:11; 1 Ch 21:20 cf. v 23; measured 1 K 5:25 = 2 Ch 2:9 (חטים מַכּוֹת, read ח׳ מַכֹּלֶת as 1 K 5:25 = wheat for food Th Be Ke after Vrss), v 14; 27:5 Ez 45:13; stored (with barley, oil and honey) Je 41:8; for food 2 S 17:28, חֵלֶב חִטִּים ψ 147:14 (cf. 81:14 supr.); לֹקְחֵי חִטִּים 2 S 4:6 (read סֹקְלָה ח׳ 𝔊 We Dr); סֹלֶת ח׳ fine wheaten flour Ex 29:2 (P); Ez 4:9 (חִטִּין, Aramaic pl.) mixed with barley, beans, lentils, etc., and made into bread.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 26 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «חִטָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1495/2406/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Psalms 147:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.147.14/)

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הַשָּׂם־גְּבוּלֵ֥ךְ שָׁל֑וֹם חֵ֥לֶב חִ֝טִּ֗ים יַשְׂבִּיעֵֽךְ׃

*Word for word:* the.\[one who\].makes territory your peace \[the\].best of.wheat(s) he satisfies.you

*JPS 1917:* He maketh thy borders peace; He giveth thee in plenty the fat of wheat.

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[Exodus 9:32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.32/)

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וְהַחִטָּ֥ה וְהַכֻּסֶּ֖מֶת לֹ֣א נֻכּ֑וּ כִּ֥י אֲפִילֹ֖ת הֵֽנָּה׃

*Word for word:* and the wheat and the spelt not they.were.struck (dm) \[are\].late.\[crops\] they

*JPS 1917:* But the wheat and the spelt were not smitten; for they ripen late. —

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