- שְׂעוֹרָה
- שְׂעוֹרָהf. (b. h. שְׂעֹרָה; שָׂעַר, v. סָעַר) 1) panicle, v. שַׂעֲרָה. 2) barley, barley-corn.כש׳ the size of a barleycorn. Kel. XVII, 8 כש׳ שאמרו לאוכ׳ where the scholars make the barley-corn the ritual standard measure, neither the large sort is meant nor Ex. R. s. 10, end; Snh.67b, v. שֵׁד; a. fr.Pl. שְׂעוֹרִים, שְׂעוֹרִין. Pes.II, 5. Ib. 35a מין ש׳ a species of barley, v. שִׁיפוֹן. Ib. 42b לא היה יינם … ש׳ the wine of Judæa would not get sour (to be used for vinegar) until they put barley into it. B. Kam.60b גדישין של ש׳ stacks of barley. Peah VI, 7; Y.Snh.II, 20b bot., a. e., v. עֲנָבָה; a. fr.
Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. Jastrow, Marcus. 1903.