MILLET (דֹּ֫חַן, H1893, sometimes tr. corn). Found only in Ezekiel 4:9, where it is made into special bread during a famine. The stalks are similar to rye, but heavier croppers. It may be that Pannag found in Ezekiel 27:17, is also Panicum miliaceum, the millet of Europe. See also Pannag.

Of all the grains used for food, millet is the smallest. They are borne in large numbers on a stalk, hence the name miliaceum, “thousands.” This annual plant grows two ft. high. It is used now in Europe and the USA as bird seed.

When made into flour for bread, the result is unappetizing—no wonder this was the prophet’s “prison” fare. The Arabs use a word dukhn to describe two different kinds of millet. This is similar to the word dōchan in Heb. There is an Italian millet, Setacia italica, but this was not grown in Pal.