קָמָה
qa.mahstanding grainHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine10 occurrences6 books8 verses
Definition
feminine of active participle of H6965; something that rises, i.e. a stalk of grain
Traditional renderings: (standing) corn, grown up, stalk.
Traditional renderings: (standing) corn, grown up, stalk.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders קָמָה:
- ἵστημιhistēmi“to stand”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
10 total
- Exodus 22:6הַקָּמָ֖ה · standing grainIf a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
- Deuteronomy 16:9בַּקָּמָ֔ה · to the standing grainYou are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain.
- Deuteronomy 23:25בְּקָמַ֣ת · grainfield; קָמַ֥ת · grainWhen you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
- Judges 15:5בְּקָמ֣וֹת · into the standing grain; קָמָ֖ה · and the standing grainThen he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
- 2 Kings 19:26קָמָֽה׃ · it is grownTherefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
- Isaiah 17:5קָמָ֔ה · the standing grain…as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 37:27קָמָֽה׃ · it is grownTherefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.
- Hosea 8:7קָמָ֣ה · standing grainFor they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.