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Grain - bar

From: George Athas <gathas AT mail.usyd.edu.au>
To: B-HEBREW <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Grain - bar
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 1999 13:37:30 +1000

Does anyone know precisely what type of grain the lexeme _bar_ (eg, Joel
2:24) denotes? Is it a
specific type of wheat, like spelt, or is it a word denoting grain in general
(cf _dagan_)?

Many thanks.
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GEORGE ATHAS
Dept of Semitic Studies,
University of Sydney
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Grain - bar, George Athas, 08/10/1999
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Grain - bar, Kevin W. Woodruff, 08/11/1999