sha.chis denotes the self-sprouting crop eaten before normal sowing and reaping resume.

The two occurrences describe produce that springs up of itself during the first two years before regular sowing, reaping, and vineyard planting resume.

1. Self-sprouting produce before cultivation resumes · dominant

   In 2 Kings 19:29 and Isaiah 37:30, the masculine singular absolute form occurs in the sign concerning food for successive years. The APB renders the surrounding clause as eating "what grows of itself" in the first year and "what springs from that" in the second, before sowing and reaping in the third.

   2 Kings 19:29Isaiah 37:30

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the relevant agricultural sequence with "what grows of itself" and "what springs from that." It does not isolate the lemma's precise contribution within those phrases.