- the barley:
- The Hebrew seorah, barley, in Arabic shair, and shairat, is so called from its rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and defended; from saâr, to stand on end as the hair of the head. Hence seâr, the hair of the head. So its Latin name hordeum is from horreo, to stand on end as the hair. Dr. Pococke has observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt; rice, India wheat, and a grain called the corn of Damascus, are sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat, barley, and flax. The first are sown in March, before the overflowing of the Nile, and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are sown in November and December, as soon as the Nile has gone off, and reaped before May. "So Naomiª returned,ª° and Ruthª the Moabitess,ª her daughter in law,ª with her,¹ which returnedª° out of the countryª¹ of Moab:ª and they¹ cameª° to Bethlehemª in the beginningª of barleyª harvest.ª" {Rth 1:22} + "So she kept fastª° by the maidensª of Boazª to gleanª° unto¹ the endª° of barleyª harvestª and of wheatª harvest;ª and dweltª° with¹ her mother in law.ª" {Rth 2:23} + "I have smittenª° you with blastingª and mildew:ª when your gardensª and your vineyardsª and your fig treesª and your olive treesª increased,ª° the palmerwormª devouredª° [them]: yet have ye not¹ returnedª° unto¹ me, saithª° the LORD.ª" {Ams 4:9} + "Although¹ the fig treeª shall not¹ blossom,ª° neither¹ [shall] fruitª [be] in the vines;ª the labourª of the oliveª shall fail,ª° and the fieldsª shall yieldª° no¹ meat;ª the flockª shall be cut offª° from the fold,ª¹ and [there shall be] no¹ herdª in the stalls:ª" {Hab 3:17}
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