se.ah is a measured quantity used for flour, grain, barley, and seed, including quantities named in trade.

The term denotes a measured quantity in contexts involving flour, roasted grain, barley, and seed. Its most sustained use occurs in the stated prices of flour and barley, while other verses use it for food preparation, provisions, and the size of a seed-filled conduit.

1. Measured quantity in provisions and food preparation · dominant

   In Genesis 18:6 the plural form occurs in Abraham's instruction to prepare fine flour for loaves, and in 1 Samuel 25:18 it occurs among provisions of roasted grain loaded on donkeys. In 1 Kings 18:32 the dual form describes the capacity of the conduit around the altar in relation to seed.

   Genesis 18:61 Samuel 25:181 Kings 18:32
2. Measured quantity used in grain prices · common

   In 2 Kings 7:1 the singular and dual forms occur in the announced prices for fine flour and barley at Samaria's gate; 2 Kings 7:16 reports those prices as fulfilled. In 2 Kings 7:18 the same quantities are repeated in the earlier statement to the king.

   2 Kings 7:12 Kings 7:162 Kings 7:18

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the supplied verses, the APB consistently presents the term with “seah” or “seahs” in phrases for flour, grain, barley, and seed. These English forms confirm the verse-level quantity contexts rather than establishing a finer distinction.