דַּ֫יִשׁ

# דַּיִשׁ (Threshing) The Hebrew word *dayish* refers to the agricultural process of threshing—the mechanical separation of grain from its stalks and husks. This term appears only once in the biblical text, which limits our ability to observe variation in its usage or context. The single attestation suggests this was either a specialized or less commonly referenced aspect of ancient Israelite agricultural vocabulary, despite threshing being a widespread practical activity. The rarity of this particular word form in the biblical corpus is notable. While threshing itself was a fundamental activity in ancient Levantine agriculture, the Hebrew Bible apparently preferred other lexical choices to describe this process. This sparse usage pattern indicates that *dayish* may have been a technical or regional term, or possibly a variant form that fell out of favor in biblical Hebrew. Without additional occurrences to establish its typical contexts, we cannot determine whether it carried any specialized connotation beyond the basic meaning of grain threshing.