What does כֻּסֶּמֶת mean in the Bible?
כֻּסֶּמֶת is a Hebrew word meaning "spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn )".
Hebrew · H3698
כֻּסֶּמֶת
Spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn )
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כֻּסֶּמֶת H3698
What does כֻּסֶּמֶת mean in the Bible?
כֻּסֶּמֶת is a Hebrew word meaning "spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn )".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render H3698?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include and spelt (2), and rye (1).
Where does כֻּסֶּמֶת appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Exodus 9:32. Its strongest book concentrations include Exodus (1), Ezekiel (1), Isaiah (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It and spelt 2× Exodus 9:32, Ezekiel 4:9
and rye 1× Isaiah 28:25
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Exodus 9:32
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Exodus 1 Isaiah 1 Ezekiel 1
Source forms
וְהַכֻּסֶּ֖מֶת 1x wə·hak·kus·se·meṯ Exodus 9:32
וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים 1x wə·ḵus·sə·mîm Ezekiel 4:9
וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת 1x wə·ḵus·se·meṯ Isaiah 28:25
Parsing patterns
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural 1x Ezekiel 4:9
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular 1x Isaiah 28:25
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular 1x Exodus 9:32
Evidence Summary
Hebrew word. spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn )
Source Gloss
spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn )
Extended definition Source: Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon + Brown-Driver-Briggs
spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn) BDB: spelt Usage: fitches, rie.
Word Origins
כֻּסֶּמֶת is built from this root:
כָּסַם H3697
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain