H2406 חִטָּה chiṭṭâh → ← H1081 בַּלְאֲדָן Balʼădân
3 languagesA cereal grain, specifically wheat, including both the plant itself and its edible grain. In the Hebrew Bible, חִטָּה refers to the primary cultivated grain used for making bread and as a staple foodstuff. It is distinguished from other grains like barley and spelt, and denotes both the standing crop and harvested product.
Etymology
Root uncertain. Suggested affinity with non-Semitic or substrate agricultural terms (possibly Hittite or Egyptian), as direct cognates in other Semitic languages are not clearly attested. The form is not easily derived from any standard Semitic root with a transparent meaning.
{# === Technical Reconstruction (Group B) ===
Only the WorkedDerivation chain renders here now. Legacy fields
(proto_sound_correspondences, proto_reconstruction, proto_root_clusters)
came from earlier auto-generated work that didn't reflect the current
branch-direct methodology — kept in DB but not surfaced in UI. #}