SPELT.See Fitches, Rie.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
spelt (כּסּמת, kuṣṣemeth; ὄλυρα, ólura, ζέα, zéa (Exo_9:32, the King James Version ?rye?; Isa_18:1-7 :25, the King James Version ?rye,? margin ?spelt?; Eze_4:9, the King James Version ?fitches? margin ?spelt?; the Revised Version (British and American) adopts ?spelt,? influenced by the Septuagint, in all passages)): Spelt is the seed of Triticum spelta, a kind of wild wheat. Several writers would identify this kuṣṣemeth with the Arabic kirsenneh (Vicia ervilia), a kind of vetch much used as camels' fodder.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
SEE RYE
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.