Hebrew word · H1764
דֹּ֫חַן
vedochan
millet
Millet, probably broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum). Some suggest sorghum. This is the only time the word appears in the Hebrew Bible. Cognate words in Akkadian (dukhnu), Aramaic and Arabic name millet.
Appears once in the Hebrew Old Testament. ·
What it means
millet
Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).
In depth
- Range of meaning
Millet, probably broomcorn millet (Panicum miliaceum). Some suggest sorghum. This is the only time the word appears in the Hebrew Bible. Cognate words in Akkadian (dukhnu), Aramaic and Arabic name millet.
- Against the English
'Millet' in all major versions. It is accurate.
- Used elsewhere in the period
Septuagint κέγχρος (kenchros, millet). Vulgate milium. Millet was known in Mesopotamia, where Ezekiel was living, and was regarded as a lesser grain.
Similar words
Where it appears
Ezekiel · 1
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Ezekiel 4:9 וְדֹ֣חַן and millet
But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.
Here: Millet, a small-seeded, low-prestige cereal. This is the only time the word appears in the Bible. It was a grain of last resort or of poor regions.
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