קֶצַחqetsach
black cumin, plant with small black acrid seeds, used as condiment (Isaiah 28:27; Isaiah 28:25)
Pronunciation: keh'-tsakh · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7100
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- 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?
- Isaiah 28:27 A heavy sledge is never used to thresh black cumin; rather, it is beaten with a light stick. A threshing wheel is never rolled on cumin; instead, it is beaten lightly with a flail.
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).