H2591 H2591
wheat; grain of wheat (Aramaic)
This Aramaic word for wheat appears only in Ezra, within the decrees of Persian kings authorizing temple provisions. The term is cognate to Hebrew חִטָּה and may derive from an Egyptian loanword. Both occurrences specify wheat as part of the regular supplies to be provided for temple sacrifices and offerings, underscoring Persian support for Jewish worship.
Senses
1. sense 1 — Found in Ezra 6:9 and 7:22, both in contexts of Persian royal decrees providing resources for the Jerusalem temple. The plural form חנטין appears in official Aramaic administrative language. French and German glosses transliterate the Aramaic rather than translate, recognizing the technical administrative register. 2×
AR["قَمْح"]·ben["গম"]·DE["[חנטין]"]·EN["wheat"]·FR["[חנטין]"]·heb["חנטין"]·HI["गेहूँ"]·ID["gandum"]·IT["[חנטין]"]·jav["gandum"]·KO["밀"]·PT["trigo"]·RU["пшеница", "пшеницы"]·ES["trigo"]·SW["ngano"]·TR["bugday"]·urd["گندم"]
Related Senses
H3754 1. vineyard, cultivated grape plot (92×)H0730 1. cedar tree or wood (73×)H1612 1. vine, grapevine (55×)H3293a 1. forest, wood, thicket (55×)H5560 1. fine flour (53×)H5193 1. plant vegetation (48×)H2232 1. sow seed, plant crops (41×)H1715 1. grain, cereal crop (40×)H7114b 1. reap, harvest grain (36×)H2132 1. olive tree (34×)H8184 1. barley (34×)H2406 1. wheat (grain crop) (30×)H7070 1. reed, cane (plant) (30×)H7848 1. acacia (28×)H8328 1. root of a plant (28×)H8384 1. fig tree (25×)H5488 1. reeds, rushes (in 'Sea of Reeds') (24×)G0290 1. a vineyard (23×)G2325 1. reap, harvest a crop (21×)G4687 1. sow seed, plant (21×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† [חִנְטָה] n.f. wheat (v. BH חִטָּה, √ חָנַט; NöLCB, 1896, 703 cp. Egyptian chnt; Old Aramaic has חטה, pl. חטי, Plam. חטא Lzb 279 SAC 51);—pl. חִנְטִין Ezr 6:9; 7:22.