Dictionaries :: Rye

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Rye:

=Rie, (Heb. kussemeth), found in Exd 9:32; Isa 28:25, in all of which the margins of the Authorized and of the Revised Versions have "spelt." This Hebrew word also occurs in Eze 4:9, where the Authorized Version has "fitches' (q.v.) and the Revised Version "spelt." This, there can be no doubt, was the Triticum spelta, a species of hard, rough-grained wheat.

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Rye:

ri.

Nave's Topical Bible

Rye: [Spelt, R.V.]

A small grain grown in Egypt,

Exd 9:32.

Cultivated in Canaan,

Isa 28:25.

Used to make bread,

Eze 4:9.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Rye:

(Heb. cussemeth) occurs in Exodus 9:32; Isaiah 28:25. In the latter the margin reads "spelt." In Ezekiel 4:9, the text has "fitches" and the margin "rie." It is probable that by cussemeth "spelt" is intended. Spelt (Triticum spelta) is grown in some parts of the south of Germany; it differs but slightly from our common wheat (T. vulgare).