qa.mah denotes grain standing in the field, whether being cut, burned, harmed, or used in a comparison.

The noun denotes grain still standing in the field: it is cut with a sickle, gathered at harvest, exposed to burning or loss, and used as the point of comparison for vegetation that withers before it.

1. Grain standing in the field · dominant

   The singular absolute form occurs where the sickle begins its work in Deuteronomy 16:9, where harvesters gather and reap in Isaiah 17:5, and where the crop yields no flour in Hosea 8:7. It also names what is damaged or consumed: in Exodus 22:5 the APB renders a case of grazing another's field, while Judges 15:5 describes fire released into the Philistines' crop; the plural construct form there occurs in the phrase rendered "standing grain." In 2 Kings 19:26 and Isaiah 37:27, field plants and roof grass are compared with vegetation "before the standing grain."

   Deuteronomy 16:9Isaiah 17:5Hosea 8:7Exodus 22:5Judges 15:52 Kings 19:26

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the noun with "standing grain," including harvest, fire, and comparison scenes. In Exodus 22:5, the verse instead speaks generally of grazing a field, so the translation does not isolate the noun's contribution.