barley
part of speech
noun (barley, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
A cereal plant like wheat, whose grain is used for food, for animal feed and for making beer and malt. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: A grain that was one of the main crops of the land of Israel. It is listed among the good things of the land. Interpretation: Barley ripens first in spring, and the Omer offering of new barley is brought at Passover. The seven species of the land of Israel include barley. In the primary lessons: In science and geography: barley is a crop grown on farms; in history, one of the first crops people grew. In food: barley soup, barley water (UK drink). Phrases: a field of barley, barley water, pearl barley.
examples
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey; (Torah DEU.8.8, JPS 1917) tree →
- And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917) tree →
- Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor. (Writings RUT.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley. (Writings JOB.31.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley; (Prophets HOS.3.2, JPS 1917) tree →
- The farmer grows barley in that field. tree →
- Barley soup is warm and filling. tree →
- Barley is used to make malt. tree →
- Barley was one of the first crops people farmed. tree →
- Lemon barley water is a British drink. tree →
- The wind made the barley wave. tree →
- They were flying about when three grains of barley fell on the floor. tree →
note
Uncountable. Other cereals: wheat, oats, rye, rice, maize. "Barley sugar" is a kind of boiled sweet.
In the corpora
- And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.
- a land of wheat and barley, and vines and fig-trees and pomegranates; a land of olive-trees and honey;
- So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;
- Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and noisome weeds instead of barley.
- Behold, he winnoweth barley to-night in the threshing-floor.
Trees and pragmatics
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