Spelt

NET Glossary: an important wheat species in Europe from the Bronze Age to Roman times; however biblical spelt is now generally identified with domesticated emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccon); emmer wheat and barley were the dominant crops of the ancient Near East

Spelt [nave]

SPELT
See: Rye.

SPELT [isbe]

SPELT - spelt (kuccemeth; olura, zea (Ex 9:32, the King James Version "rye"; Isa 18:25, the King James Version "rye," margin "spelt"; Ezek 4:9, the King James Version "fitches" margin "spelt"; the Revised Version (British and American) adopts "spelt," influenced by the Septuagint, in all passages)): Spelt is the seed of Triticum spelta, a kind of wild wheat. Several writers would identify this kuccemeth with the Arabic kirsenneh (Vicia ervilia), a kind of vetch much used as camels' fodder.

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