hwet
((1) chiTTah, the specific word for wheat (Ge 30:14;Ex 34:22, etc.), with puros (Judith 3:3; Sirach 39:26);
(2) bar, or bar (Jer 23:28;Joe 2:24;Am 5:11;8:6); in other passages translated "grain" or "corn";
(3) sitos (Mt 3:12;13:25,29,30;Lu 3:17;16:7;22:31, etc.) (for other words translated occasionally "wheat" in the King James Version see CORN; FOOD)): Wheat, usually the bearded variety, is cultivated all over Palestine, though less so than barley. The great plain of the Hauran is a vast expanse of wheat fields in the spring; considerable quantities are exported via Beirut, Haifa, and Gaza. The "wheat harvest" was in olden times one of the regular divisions of the year (Ex 34:22;Jud 15:1;1Sa 12:17); it follows the barley harvest (Ex 9:31,32), occurring in April, May or June, according to the altitude.
E. W. G. Masterman