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Hebrew Texts KJV with Strong's And the flax and the barley was smitten for the barley was in the ear and the flax was bolled שמות 9:31 Hebrew OT: Westminster Leningrad Codex וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ אָבִ֔יב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה גִּבְעֹֽל׃ שמות 9:31 Hebrew OT: WLC (Consonants Only) שמות 9:31 Paleo-Hebrew OT: WLC (Font Required) שמות 9:31 Hebrew Bible Parallel Verses New American Standard Bible (Now the flax and the barley were ruined, for the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud. King James Bible And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled. Holman Christian Standard Bible The flax and the barley were destroyed because the barley was ripe and the flax was budding, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge flax. The word pishteh, flax, Mr. Parkhurst thinks may be derived from pashat, to strip, because the substance which we call flax is properly the filaments of the bark or rind of the vegetable, stripped off the stalks. From time immemorial, Egypt was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax; and hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt, so often spoken of in scripture and ancient authors. The barley. The Hebrew seorah, barley, in Arabic shair, and shairat, is so called from its rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and defended; from saar, to stand on end as the hair of the head; hence sear, the hair of the head. So its Latin name hordeum is from horeo, to stand on end as the hair. Dr. Pococke has observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt; rice, India wheat, and a grain called the corn of Damascus, are sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat, barley, and flax. The first are sown in March, before the overflowing of the Nile, and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are sown in November and December, as soon as the Nile has gone off, and reaped before May. Ruth 1:22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with … Ruth 2:23 So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean to the end of barley … Amos 4:9 I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and … Habakkuk 3:17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in … Links Exodus 9:31 • Exodus 9:31 NIV • Exodus 9:31 NLT • Exodus 9:31 ESV • Exodus 9:31 NASB • Exodus 9:31 KJV • Exodus 9:31 Bible Apps • Exodus 9:31 Biblia Paralela • Exodus 9:31 Chinese Bible • Exodus 9:31 French Bible • Exodus 9:31 German Bible • Bible Hub |