Stalk

stok: In Gen 41:5; Gen 41:22 is for qaneh, "cane"; in Josh 2:6 for ets, "wood." In Hos 8:7, the Revised Version margin has "stalk" for qamah, "that which stands." The Revised Version's "standing grain" is due to this meaning of qamah in Exod 22:6, etc., but this translation spoils the figure. The meaning is, "They sow the wind, a worthless sowing, for such seed produces no stalk, it yields no grain."