כֻּסֶּמֶתkuççemeth
spelt, (in all distinguished from wheat, barley, etc.) (Exodus 9:23; Exodus 9:32; Isaiah 28:25; Ezekiel 4:9)
Pronunciation: koos-seh'-meth · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H3698
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 9:32 But the wheat and the emmer wheat were spared, because they had not yet sprouted from the ground.)
- Isaiah 28:25 Does he not finally plant his seeds— black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat— each in its proper way, and each in its proper place?
- Ezekiel 4:9 “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).