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Exodus 9:31
“And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
פִּשְׁתָּהpishtâh · pish-taw'
H6594 · Hebrew
H6594 · Hebrew
- Definition
- flax; by implication, a wick
- Derivation
- feminine of H6593 (פִּשְׁתֶּה);
- KJV renderings
- flax, tow.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הַ — particle (definite article)
- פִּשְׁתָּ֥ה — common noun, feminine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 4 times in the Hebrew Bible.Isaiah 42:3Isaiah 43:17
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read פִּשְׁתָּה here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.