early ripened and tender barley

כַּרְמֶלm. (b. h.; v. כֶּרֶם) 1) a well-cultivated plot; whence (sub. גרש) ( grist of) early ripened and tender barley. Men.66b; Sifra Vayikra, Ndabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13 (ref. to Lev. 2:14). כ̇ר̇מ̇ל̇ ר̇ך̇ ומ̇ל̇ soft yet brittle; Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. (read:) רך מל לא לחוכ׳ soft yet brittle, neither green nor dry, but between the two. Sifra l. c.; Men. l. c. (another explan.) כ̇ר̇ מ̇ל̇א rounded and full. 2) pr. n. Carmel; (prob. everywhere) Mount Carmel. Y.Succ.III, 53d כשעוה וכשושנת כ׳ of the color of wax or of the lily of Carmel (v. יְרַקְרַק); (Tosef.Neg.I, 5 כשעוה וכקורמל, Var. וכקורמן; R. S. to Neg. XI, 4 וכקורמין).Y.Ber.I, 2b bot. ראש הר חכ׳; Sabb.35a ראש הכ׳ (Ms. M. ראש הר הכ׳) the summit of M. C. Gen. R. s. 99; Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s.5 (alluding to Jer. 46:18) תבור …וכ׳ מאספמיא Tabor came (to the desert for the law-giving) from Beth-Elim and C. from Ispamia; Meg.29a.

כַּרְמֶלm. (b. h.; v. כֶּרֶם) 1) a well-cultivated plot; whence (sub. גרש) ( grist of) early ripened and tender barley. Men.66b; Sifra Vayikra, Ndabah, ch. XIV, Par. 13 (ref. to Lev. 2:14). כ̇ר̇מ̇ל̇ ר̇ך̇ ומ̇ל̇ soft yet brittle; Y.Sabb.I, 2d bot. (read:) רך מל לא לחוכ׳ soft yet brittle, neither green nor dry, but between the two. Sifra l. c.; Men. l. c. (another explan.) כ̇ר̇ מ̇ל̇א rounded and full. 2) pr. n. Carmel; (prob. everywhere) Mount Carmel. Y.Succ.III, 53d כשעוה וכשושנת כ׳ of the color of wax or of the lily of Carmel (v. יְרַקְרַק); (Tosef.Neg.I, 5 כשעוה וכקורמל, Var. וכקורמן; R. S. to Neg. XI, 4 וכקורמין).Y.Ber.I, 2b bot. ראש הר חכ׳; Sabb.35a ראש הכ׳ (Ms. M. ראש הר הכ׳) the summit of M. C. Gen. R. s. 99; Mekh. Yithro, Baḥod., s.5 (alluding to Jer. 46:18) תבור …וכ׳ מאספמיא Tabor came (to the desert for the law-giving) from Beth-Elim and C. from Ispamia; Meg.29a.