This participle describes something dried up or withered, used in Genesis 41:23 of grain in Pharaoh's dream. The dream features seven thin, wind-blasted ears of grain, described as 'withered'—dried out and incapable of bearing seed. The Aramaic cognate means 'stone,' suggesting hardening through desiccation. These withered ears symbolized seven years of famine that would consume Egypt's abundance, grain so dried it was useless for food or planting.