grain
da.gan denotes grain as a crop, food supply, stored produce, and an item given or withheld in Scripture.
The term consistently denotes grain in agricultural and provisioning settings: it is gathered after rain, stored, eaten in need, brought as a tithe or first portion, and described as abundant, withheld, or ruined. The same noun occurs both as an absolute form and in construct form, without the supplied verses showing a distinct lexical meaning for either form.
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Grain as crop and provision · dominant
The noun names grain within the produce of land and its supply for human life. In Deuteronomy 11:14 the APB renders the clause "so that you may gather your grain, your new wine, and your oil," while Nehemiah 5:2 renders people seeking it so that they may "eat and live." It can also be the agricultural yield that is stored, ruined, or restored: 2 Chronicles 32:28 speaks of storerooms, Joel 1:10 says it is laid waste, and Ezekiel 36:29 describes it as summoned and made abundant.
In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB usually presents the noun as "grain," including grain gathered after rain, grain in storehouses, and grain sent for satisfaction. It also uses "grains" in Joel 1:17; Such wording reflects the verse's presentation rather than a separate meaning of the noun.