H1430a H1430a
stack, sheaf—a heap of grain bundled in the field
This noun refers to a stack or heap of harvested grain, specifically sheaves bundled together in the field. It appears in agricultural and legal contexts: Exodus 22:6 (EVV 22:5) addresses arson laws for grain stacks, Judges 15:5 describes Samson burning the Philistines' stacks, and Job 5:26 uses it metaphorically for coming to the grave 'in full vigor' (literally 'like a stack of grain at its time'). The word emphasizes the gathered, heaped nature of the harvest—not individual stalks but bundled abundance.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A heap or stack of harvested grain sheaves. Exodus 22:6 and Judges 15:5 both pair it with qamah ('standing grain'), distinguishing the harvested stack from grain still in the field. Job 5:26 uses it figuratively: dying in old age is like a sheaf brought in at the proper time. Cross-linguistic glosses show semantic range: English 'stack/sheaf,' Spanish 'hacina/gavilla/parva' (heap/sheaf/stack), French 'meule/stack,' German 'stack.' The preposition 'from stack' (Exodus) indicates the source of fire spreading to other property. This is agricultural vocabulary for bundled harvest. 3×
AR["الغَلَّةِ", "كُومَةً", "مِنَ-الْأَكْوَامِ"]·ben["গাদা-থেকে", "শস্যের-আঁটি", "স্তূপ"]·DE["[גדיש]", "ein-stack", "von-stack"]·EN["a-sheaf", "a-stack", "from-stack"]·FR["de-stack", "une-meule", "גדיש"]·heb["גדיש", "מ-גדיש"]·HI["ढेर", "ढेर-से", "पूली"]·ID["dari-tumpukan", "tumpukan gandum", "tumpukan-gandum"]·IT["da-stack", "un-sheaf", "un-stack"]·jav["bongkok-gandum", "saking-umpukan", "tumpukan-gandum,"]·KO["곡식-더미가", "더미가", "로부터-더미"]·PT["desde-medas", "feixe", "monte-de-grãos"]·RU["от-скирды", "скирду", "снопа"]·ES["desde-hacina", "gavilla", "parva"]·SW["kutoka-mashapo", "marundo", "mganda-wa-nafaka"]·TR["-den-yığın", "ekin-yığını", "yığın"]·urd["پولا", "ڈھیر", "ڈھیروں-سے"]
Related Senses
H8033 1. There (locative adverb) (835×)H7760a 1. put, place, set physically (444×)H8064 1. heavens / sky (329×)H5439 1. around, all around (spatial) (319×)H4057b 1. wilderness, desert region (270×)H3220 1. sea, body of water (269×)H0520a 1. cubit (unit of length) (246×)H0127 1. ground, land (territory) (210×)H3383 1. Jordan River (proper noun) (183×)G1093 1. earth, the world (176×)H5800a 1. forsake, abandon (Qal active) (166×)H8121 1. sun (celestial body) (133×)H7126 1. offer, present sacrificially (122×)H6828 1. north, cardinal direction (120×)H2351 1. outside, exterior space (119×)H5104 1. river, stream (119×)H7341 1. width, breadth (101×)G1563 1. there (95×)H7126 2. draw near, approach (95×)G2281 1. sea, large body of water (91×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. גָּדִישׁ n.m. Jb 5:26 heap, stack (NH id., Aramaic id.)—גָּדִישׁ Ex 22:5 + 3 times;—stack of sheaves Ex 22:5 Ju 15:5 (‖ קָמָה in both) Jb 5:26.