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kussemeth. This is judged to refer to 'spelt,' the Triticum spelta, a species of grain resembling wheat. Exodus 9:32; Isaiah 28:25 . The same Hebrew word in Ezekiel 4:9 is translated 'fitches,' with 'spelt' in the margin. The northern rye is the Secale cereale.