קֶצַח qetsach

Meaning

fennelflower (from its pungency)

In the King James Version: fitches.

Derivation: from an unused root apparently meaning to incise;

Where it is used

• Isaiah 28:25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
• Isaiah 28:27 Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, and the wheel of a cart is not rolled over the cumin. But caraway is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.