שיבולת

שִׁיבּוֹלֶת, שִׁבּוֹ׳, שִׁבֹּלֶתf. (b. h.; שבל, Shaf. of יבל; cmp. יְבוּל) 1) ear of corn, spike. Peah V, 2 ש׳ שבקצירוכ׳ a single ear (that remained uncut when the cutting took place, but) the top of which reached up to the standing. corn: if (by its position) it might have been cut with the standing corn Midr. Till. to Ps. 2 והש׳ בראש הקנהוכ׳ and the ear is on top of the stalk, and its stalk boasts and says, for my sake has the field been sown; a. fr.Midr. Sam. ch. XX שהיתה שִׁבּוֹלְתָּם גבוההוכ׳ (not שמלתם) their spikes were as high as those of barley (v. עֲנָבָה).ש׳ שוּעָל (fox-tail,) oats. Kil. I, 1 השעורים וש׳ ש׳וכ׳ barley and oats … are not considered heterogeneous; (Maim.: desert (wild) barley). Pes.II, 5 בחטים … בש׳ ש׳ with unleavened bread made of wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats. Ib. 35a ש׳ ש׳ ושיפוןוכ׳ oats and rye are species of barley; ib. ש׳ ש׳ שבולי תעלא Ms. O. (ed. שבילי, corr. acc.) shibboleth shuʿal are (in Chald.) shiblole taʿăla; Men.70b; a. e.ש׳ נֵרְדְּ (spica nardi) spikenard, a species of Valerian, an ingredient of frankincense in the Temple. Ker.6a; Y.Yoma IV, 41d.ש׳ זָקָן the pointed ends of the chin, the lower jawbones and the chin proper. Macc.20b.Pl. שִׁבֳּלִים, שִׁבָּלִין, שִׁיבֳּ׳. Sabb.113b שתי ש׳ לקטהוכ׳ two ears that fell down she (Ruth) picked up, three, she did not; Yalk. Ruth 601. Tosef.Peah II, 21 השי׳ (ed. Zuck. השו׳, corr. acc.); a. fr. 2) (cmp. יִבְלָא I) ש׳ הַנָּהָר the current of the river, rapid stream. Makhsh. I, 6 הנותן … בש׳ הנ׳וכ׳ if a person puts his products on a rapid, that it may float them down. Gen. R. s. 56 (read:) לאחד ששמר את גנו מש׳ הנ׳ והקיף גן בנו עמו like one that guarded his garden from the ravages of the current, and surrounded his sons garden at the same time.