Strong's Definition
from 3697; spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn)
KJV Usage: fitches, rie
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
כֻּסֶּ֫מֶת (kus.se.met) — rye. spelt-a wheat-like crop planted and harvested in the fall or spring
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f, noun m
Crops | ≈ דֹּחַן · חִטָּה · כַּמֹּן · פֹּול · עֲדָשָׁה · קֶצַח · שְׂעֹרָה
spelt, emmer meaning unsure, probably: = type of grain with loose ears and triangular grains which do not loosen from the chaff when ripening; grows in relatively infertile and dry soil; with a sweet, nutty flavor; ◄ Triticum dicoccum; ► used for making bread; ≈ regarded as inferior to wheat
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
כֻּסֶּ֫מֶת n.f. spelt base