αραφωθ <Semitic; Hellenistic period>
👉 αραφωθ (v.l. αραβωθωθ) – ‘the barley groats’ (LXX: 2 Sam. 17.19).
🅔 A transliteration of Biblical Hebrew hārip̄ôṯ, i.e. rîp̄ôṯ / rip̄ôṯ (pl.) ‘barley groats’ with the definite article ha- (here hā-).
📖 Data: DCH: VII, 483f.; HALOT: 1227. Ref.: GELS: 60; Simotas 1969: 29.