1. flour, meal — Ground grain flour or meal (קֶמַח), the common cereal product used in food preparation throughout the OT, whether for baking bread (1Sa 28:24; 2Sa 17:28; 1Ki 5:2; 17:12,14,16; 2Ki 4:41; Isa 47:2; Hos 8:7), in offerings (Nu 5:15; Jdg 6:19), or as part of hospitality provisions (Gen 18:6; 1Sa 1:24). All three clusters are grammatical variants: absolute/construct, with article, and with conjunction waw. Arabic uniformly renders 'دَقِيق,' Korean '가루/밀가루,' Swahili 'unga,' Spanish 'harina,' and Hindi 'आटा,' confirming a single undifferentiated sense of milled grain. 14×
AR["ال-دَّقيقِ","دَقيقًا","دَقيقٍ","دَقِيقًا","دَقِيقٍ","دَقِيقَ","وَ-دَقيقًا"]·ben["আটা","এবং-ময়দা","কোর","ময়দা","ময়দার","শস্য"]·DE["Mehl","Mehl-von","[קמח]","der-Mehl","und-Mehl"]·EN["and-flour","flour","flour-of","meal","the-flour"]·FR["[קמח]","et-farine","farine","flour-de","le-farine"]·heb["ה-קמח","ו-קמח","קמח"]·HI["अअत","आटा","आटा-ה","और-आटा"]·ID["dan-tepung","tepung"]·IT["[קמח]","e-farina","farina","farina-di","flour","il-farina"]·jav["glepung","lan-glepung","menawi","tepung"]·KO["가루","가루를","고운-밀가루","그-가루","그리고-밀가루와","밀가루","밀가루로","밀가루를"]·PT["a-farinha","e-farinha","farinha","farinha-de"]·RU["-муки","и-муку","муки","муку"]·ES["de-harina","harina","harina-de","la-harina","y-harina"]·SW["Kmh","na-unga","sitini","unga"]·TR["un","unu","unun","ve-un"]·urd["آٹا","آٹے","آٹے-کا","اور-آٹا","ہ-آٹے-کا"]
Gen 18:6, Num 5:15, Judg 6:19, 1 Sam 1:24, 1 Sam 28:24, 2 Sam 17:28, 1 Kgs 4:22, 1 Kgs 17:12, 1 Kgs 17:14, 1 Kgs 17:16, 2 Kgs 4:41, 1 Chr 12:40 (+2 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† קֶ֫מַח n.[m.] flour, meal;—abs. ק׳ 1 S 1:24 +, קָ֑מַח Is 47:2; cstr. קֶמַח Nu 5:15;—Ju 6:19 (material for unleavened cakes), 1 S 1:24; 28:24; 2 K 4:41; defined by סֹלֶת (q.v.) Gn 18:6, disting. from סֹלֶת 1 K 5:2; of barley (שְׂעֹרִים) Nu 5:15 (P), but 2 S 17:28 + חִטִּם, שְׂעֹרִים, קָלִי; + other articles of food 1 Ch 12:41 (van d. H. v 40); kept in a כַּד 1 K 17:12, 14, 16; made by grinding Is 47:2; צֶמַח בְּלִי יַעֲשֶׂה ק׳ Ho 8:7.