Corn (Hastings' Dictionary)

The generic (?) name for the cereal grains. Those cultivated in Bible lands are : Wheat, ncn hittdh. the same as the Arab, (iititah. The Arab., with its usual wealth of names for familiar objects, has also burr and komh for wheat. Barley, !t<J!v s6'6rdh. The Arab, for this grain is sha'ir. Yetch, n-D3 kusse- meth, called in AV (Ex 9»^ Is 2S'^) rye,"(fezk "i*) ftehes. The kirsenneh of the Arab, is a modified form, with n substituted for m, and r inserted This grain is Vicia Ervilia, L.

It is extensively cultivated in the East. Fitches, nsj kezah (la 28^- ■'), the seeds of the nutmeg Jlower, Nigella saliva, L., which is known in the E. as el-habbat es-saudd, the black seed, or habbat el-barakat, the seed of blessing. This seed, which has carminative properties, is sprinkled on the top of loaves of bread. Millet, IDT dohan (Ezk 4*), which is the same as the Arab, dukhn, Panicutn miliaceum, L. , also Milium Italicum, L. Beans, '?'is p6l, Arab. ful.

Lentils, D'tpfv' addshfm , Arab. 'ados. Pulse, D'vii zeroim (Dn P*- "), seeds, probably refers to edible seeds in general, corresponding to the Arab. kutniyah, plur. katdni, which includes not only the leguminous seeds which we know as pulse, but millet, etc. ; but excludes wheat. Rye, as above stated, is an incorrect rendering for vetch, and is not otherwise mentioned in Scripture, nor culti- vated in the Holy Land. Oats, also, are not men- tioned nor cultivated.

Com of all kinds is carried in sheaves from the harvest-fields on asses, mules, horses, or camels. It is threshed by the nauraj or mauraj (Heb. mOrag), and vnnnowed, and stored in earthen, barrel-shaped receptacles or oblong bins in the houses (2 S 4"), or in pits under the floor (2 S 17'"), or in store- houses (2 Ch 32^). It is now often stored in underground chambers, with domed roofs, at the top of which is an opening to introduce the com and remove it.

These chambers, contrary to what might be expected, are dry and free from vermin. They are sometimes excavated in the rock, at other times in a sort of soft marl called huw- tcdrah. COKNELIUS CORPSE 4yy The oom ia liable to mildew, pPT yi'rdkCn (the equivalent of the Arab, yerakdn, which means jaundice), and blasting, ps-r shiddAjMn (1 K 8"), causeii by the hot and withering east wind (Hos 13", Jon 4*). When the corn was burned by care- lessness, restitution was enjoined (Ex 22").

Also if the corn land was made pasture CTound for flocks other than those of the owners of the land (Ex 22*). Palestine exported com in Solomon's time (2 Ch 2»»-'5) and in Ezekiel's (Ezk 27"). Even now it exports some corn, althou''h its imports of grain exceed its exports. See further under B.^RLEY, Wheat, etc. G. E. Post.