חיטה

Hebrew

Etymology

From a common Semitic root. Aramaic חטתא (“wheat”), Arabic حِنْطَة (ḥinṭa, “wheat”), Ugaritic 𐎈𐎉𐎚 (ḥṭt, “wheat”), Classical Syriac ܚܛܬܐ (“wheat”).

Pronunciation

• (Modern Israeli Hebrew) IPA^(key): /χiˈta/

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Noun

חיטה / חִטָּה • (khitá) f (plural indefinite חיטים / חִטִּים, singular construct חיטת / חִטַּת־, plural construct חיטי / חִטֵּי־) [pattern: קִטְלָה]

1. (countable) wheat

See also

• דָּגָן
• קֶמַח

References

• H2406 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “חיטה” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• חיטה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he