קמח

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ק־מ־ח (q-m-kh)

Cognate with Aramaic קַמְחָא (qamḥā, “flour”) and Arabic قَمْح (qamḥ, “wheat”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

קֶמַח • (kémakh) m

1. flour (powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry)

References

• H7058 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• “קמח” in the Hebrew Terms Database of the Academy of Hebrew Language

Further reading

• קמח on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^he