שִׁיבּוֹלֶת, שִׁבּוֹ׳, שִׁבֹּלֶת f. (b. h.; שבל , Shaf. of יבל; cmp. יְבוּל) 1) ear of corn, spike. Peah V, 2 ש׳ שבקציר וכ׳ a single ear (that remained uncut when the cutting took place, but) the top of which reached up to the standing corn: if (by its position) it might have been cut with the standing corn &c. Midr. Till. to Ps. II והש׳ בראש הקנה וכ׳ and the ear is on top of the stalk, and its stalk boasts and says, for my sake has the field been sown; a. fr.—Midr. Sam. ch. XX שהיתה שִׁבּוֹלְתָּם גבוהה וכ׳ (not שמלתם) their spikes were as high as those of barley (v. עֲנָבָה).—ש׳ שׁוּעָל (fox-tail,) oats. Kil. I, 1 השעורים וש׳ ש׳ וכ׳ barley and oats … are not considered heterogeneous; (Maim.: desert (wild) barley). Pes. II, 5 בחטים … בש׳ ש׳ with unleavened bread made of wheat, barley, spelt, rye, or oats. Ib. 35ᵃ ש׳ ש׳ ושיפון וכ׳ oats and rye are species of barley; ib. ש׳ ש׳ שבולי תעלא Ms. O. (ed. שבילי, corr. acc.) shibboleth shuʿal are (in Chald.) shibbole taʿăla Men. 70ᵇ; a. e.—ש׳ נֵרְדְּ (spica nardi) spikenard, a species of Valerian, an ingredient of frankincense in the Temple. Ker. 6ᵃ; Y. Yoma IV, 41ᵈ.—ש׳ זָקָן the pointed ends of the chin, the lower jawbones and the chin proper. Macc. 20ᵇ.—Pl. שִׁבֳּלִים, שִׁבָּלִין, שִׁיבֳּ׳. Sabb. 113ᵇ שתי ש׳ לקטה וכ׳ two ears that fell down she (Ruth) picked up, three, she did not; Yalk. Ruth 601. Tosef. Peah II, 21 השי׳ (ed. Zuck. השו׳, corr. acc.); a. fr. —2) (cmp. יִבְלָא I) ש׳ הַנָּהָר the current of the river, rapid stream. Makhsh. I, 6 הנותן … בש׳ הנ׳ וכ׳ if a person puts his products on a rapid, that it may float them down. Gen. R. s. 56 [read:] לאחד ששמר את גנו מש׳ הנ׳ והקיף גן בנו עמו like one that guarded his garden from the ravages of the current, and surrounded his son’s garden at the same time.