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Barley (Hordeum vulgare), a member of the grass family, is a major cereal grain grown in temperate climates globally. It was one of the first cultivated grains; it was domesticated in the Fertile Crescent around 9000 BC, giving it nonshattering spikelets and making it much easier to harvest.
Shibolet shual (שִׁיבּוֹלֶת שׁוּעָל šībōleṯ šūʿāl) – oats or two-rowed barley. [3] The name literally means "fox ear". Rashi holds this to be oats, and Maimonides holds it to be a type of "wild barley," while Rabbi Nathan ben Abraham called it by its Arabic name sunbulat al-tha'alib (Fox's spike). [4] [5]
Truce terms are recorded as having been used in the following circumstances; being out of breath, having a stitch, a shoelace being undone, fear of clothes being damaged, needing to go to the lavatory, checking the time, wanting to discuss or clarify rules during a fight or game, or one combatant wanting to remove their spectacles or jacket before continuing.
Barley, which was the coarser food, was obtainable at one third of the price, which would allow a man to feed a family, though with difficulty. A season of great scarcity is therefore predicted, though in his wrath God remembers mercy (cf. the judgments threatened in Leviticus 26:23–26 , viz. the sword, pestilence, and famine; also the ...
Hordeum spontaneum, commonly known as wild barley or spontaneous barley, is the wild form of the grass in the family Poaceae that gave rise to the cereal barley (Hordeum vulgare). Domestication is thought to have occurred on two occasions, first about ten thousand years ago in the Fertile Crescent and again later, several thousand kilometres ...
Hordeum distichon, the common barley or two-rowed barley, is a cultigen of barley, family Poaceae. It is native to Iraq , and is widely grown throughout temperate regions of the world. [ 1 ] Some authorities consider it a subspecies of six-rowed barley, Hordeum vulgare . [ 2 ]
Originally bere or beir or bear is a generic Scots word for barley of any kind, [4] from Old English bere, "barley", [5] and was used throughout the country. Now it is used mainly in the north of Scotland. [4] [6] [7] It often referred to barley of a lower yield, and the phrase "bear meal marriage" usually meant one that would not bring much ...
Bottled barley tea is sold at supermarkets, convenience stores, and in vending machines in Japan and Korea. Sold mostly in PET bottles, cold barley tea is a very popular summertime drink in Japan. [4] In Korea, hot barley tea in heat-resistant PET bottles is also found in vending machines and in heated cabinets in convenience stores. [10]