cummin
kam.mon denotes the crop that is sown in a field and beaten with a staff in Isaiah's farming comparison.
The term denotes a crop in agricultural activity: it is sown after a field is prepared and is later beaten with a staff rather than subjected to a cart wheel.
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Crop sown and beaten in farming · dominant
In Isaiah 28:25, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the sequence of field preparation and sowing; the APB renders the clause "scatter dill and sow cummin." In Isaiah 28:27, the same form occurs twice in the contrast between a cart wheel and beating with a staff; the APB renders "cummin with a staff."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as "cummin" in both cited verses, first in sowing and then in treatment with a staff. The verse is read as a whole, but its clauses consistently place the term within the farming comparison.