סֹלֶת

סֹ֫לֶת₅₃ noun feminine^{3 Mos 2,5} (compare on gender Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 106}) fine flour (ᵐ5 σεμίδαλις, ᵑ9 simila) (Late Hebrew id.; Aramaic סוּלְתָּא; Arabic a kind of barley without husks Lane¹⁴⁰¹; Assyrian sillatu, or šillatu, a kind of grain (?) Meissner-Rost^{BAS iii, 361}; also ¾ul¾a, ¾uruti, flour, as loan-word in Egyptian, Bondi⁸⁴ WMM^As.u.Eur.101); — absolute ׳ס 1 Mos 18,6 +, construct ׳ס 2 Mos 29,9 +; suffix סָלְתָּהּ 3 Mos 2,2 — fine flour, used in king's household 1 Kong 5,2 (|| קֵמַח), for honoured guests ׳קֶמַח ס 1 Mos 18,6 (J), a se'ah of it sold for a shekel in time of scarcity 2 Kong 7,1; 2 Kong 7,16; 2 Kong 7,18 (see Benz); luxurious food Ezk 16,13; Ezk 16,19 (of Jerusalem under figure of woman); elsewhere only in offerings Ezk 46,14; 1 Kron 9,29; 1 Kron 23,29, and P; חִטִּים ׳ס 2 Mos 29,2, ׳ס v2 Mos 29,40, 3 Mos 2,1 + 13 t. Leviticus; 4 Mos 6,15 + 26 t. Numbers.

סַם see סמם.