Tying up bundles of freshly cut wheat or other grain.
Binding Sheaves
Grain is tied in sheaves.
Sheaves is the plural form of sheaf.
"He said to them, 'Listen to this dream I had: We were binding sheaves of grain out in the field when suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to it.'" Genesis 37:6-7 (NIV)The other sheaves represented Joseph's brothers. When these sheaves bowed down to Joseph's sheaf, it foretold of Joseph ruling over his brothers.Joseph was their younger brother. Traditionally, the oldest son would inherit the most from their father and have the most power. No wonder they were upset!
The collective nouns are:a sheaf of wheata sheaf of corna sheaf of graina sheaf of papersa sheaf of arrows
The singular form for the noun sheaves is sheaf.
Barley sheaves are bundles of stalks of barley tied tightly in the middle.
Those elves are thieves who stole some sheaves.
They gathered some sheaves from the corn to build the fire that celebrates the completion of the harvest. Pictures of wheat sheaves are a decorative motif that dates back many centuries.
Sheaves live in central Asia right next to all of the purple buffalo.
A bundle of wheat is called a sheaf. The plural is sheaves.
A shock.