חִיטָּה

חִטָּה, חִיטָּה,f. (b. h.; v. חָנַט) (the clean, bright, cmp. פת נקיה, s. v. נָקִי, wheat-grain, (collect.) wheat. Midr. Till. to Ps. 2:12; Cant. R. to VII, 3 מה ח׳ זו סדוקה as the wheat-grain is slit. Shebu.V, 3 אמר ח׳ if he says ḥittah (in the sing.). Ib. 38a אפי׳ ח׳ בכלל חטין even ḥittah means a quantity of wheat. Tosef.Ned.III, 7; Y. ib. VI, end, 40a חי׳ שאניוכ׳ if one vows, ‘I will not taste ḥittah (wheat-grains), contrad. to חִטִּין; a. fr.Pl. חִטִּים, חִטִּין, חִי׳. Ib. Pes.II, 5. Ib. 35a כוסמין מין ח׳ spelt is a species of wheat; Men.70a. Gen. R. s. 15 ח׳ היו ‘the tree of knowledge was wheat. Shebu. l. c.; a. fr.