Number: 2572
Proto-Semitic: *ŝxi/uʕ(V̄ʕ)-
Meaning: 'barley, ear of corn; k. of beans'
Akkadian: šeʔu 'barley, grain' (CAD b1, 345; this reading have been recently doubted by Huehnergard), šuʔu 'pulse, chickpea' Nuzi MA on (CAD š3, 416; AHw, 1294)
Hebrew: pB. šǝʕūʕīt 'a species of beans' (Ja., 1610)
Judaic Aramaic: šǝʕītā id. (Ibid. 1611)
Tigre: säʕaʕ 'oats' (LH, 194), sǝʕsǝʕa (redupl.) 'épeautre' (Ibid.)
