שְׂעֹרָה noun feminine barley (bearded grain; ᵐ5 κριθή, ᵑ9 hordeum; Late Hebrew id.; Sabean שערם Glas in Fell^{ZMG liv (1900), 256}, Arabic ; Old Aramaic שערה, ᵑ7 סְעָרְתָא, Syriac ; Di²⁶⁰ compare Ethiopic wheat, grain); — absolute ׳שׂ Exodus 9:31 +; usually plural שְׂעֹרִים Hosea 3:2 +; — barley, common grain (often "" חִטָּה, etc.):

1 growing, standing, singular Exodus 9:31 (twice in verse) (J), Deuteronomy 8:8; Job 31:40; Job 1:11, as sown Isaiah 28:25; standing, plural 2 Samuel 14:30 ׳שְׂעוֺ 1 Chronicles 11:13, reaped קְצִיר (הַ)שְׂעֹרִים 2 Samuel 21:9; Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:23, ׳גֹּרֶן הַשּׂ Ruth 3:2.

2 plural, the grains, measured, cooked, etc.: Hosea 3:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 4:9; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 45:13; 2 Kings 7:1,16,18; Jeremiah 41:8; 2Chron 2:9; 2 Chronicles 2:14; 2 Chronicles 27:5; Ruth 2:17; Ruth 3:15,17; 2 Samuel 17:28; 1 Kings 5:8 (food for horses); ׳זֶרַע חֹמֶר שׂ Leviticus 27:16 (P); ׳קֶמַח שׂ Numbers 5:15, ׳לֶחֶם שׂ Judges 7:13; 2 Kings 4:42, ׳עֻגַת שׂ Ezekiel 4:12.