she.ver denotes grain as a supply bought, carried, eaten, or sold in the contexts shown.

In the clear Genesis and Amos contexts, the term denotes grain treated as a needed supply and commercial commodity: it is sought in Egypt, bought for survival, transported, consumed, and offered for sale.

1. Grain as a purchased and handled supply · dominant

   In Genesis 42:2, the singular absolute form occurs in the instruction to go down to Egypt and buy provisions so that the family may live. Construct forms occur with the grain being brought for famine-stricken households in Genesis 42:19, loaded on donkeys in Genesis 42:26, and associated with silver in Genesis 44:2; in Amos 8:5, the singular absolute form occurs in merchants' plan to sell it.

   Genesis 42:2Genesis 42:19Genesis 42:26Genesis 44:2Genesis 47:14Amos 8:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the relevant clauses with “grain,” including buying it in Genesis 42:2, carrying it in Genesis 42:26, and selling it in Amos 8:5; Genesis 43:2 instead says “food.” These are verse-level renderings rather than definitions.