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Exodus 9

Ex. 9:31 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the flax
pishtah (Hebrew #6594)
flax; by implication, a wick
KJV usage: flax, tow.
Pronounce: pish-taw'
Origin: feminine of 6593
and the barley
s`orah (Hebrew #8184)
and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'}; from 8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose)
KJV usage: barley.
Pronounce: seh-o-raw'
Origin: or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant)
was smitten
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
k: for the barley
s`orah (Hebrew #8184)
and (masculine meaning the grain); also s or {seh-ore'}; or s-owr {seh-ore'}; from 8175 in the sense of roughness; barley (as villose)
KJV usage: barley.
Pronounce: seh-o-raw'
Origin: or snowrah {seh-o-raw'} (feminine meaning the plant)
was in the ear
'abiyb (Hebrew #24)
green, i.e. a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan
KJV usage: Abib, ear, green ears of corn (not maize).
Pronounce: aw-beeb'
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be tender)
, and the flax
pishtah (Hebrew #6594)
flax; by implication, a wick
KJV usage: flax, tow.
Pronounce: pish-taw'
Origin: feminine of 6593
was bolled
gib`ol (Hebrew #1392)
the calyx of a flower
KJV usage: bolled.
Pronounce: ghib-ole'
Origin: prolonged from 1375
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Amos 4:9• 9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. (Amos 4:9)
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Hab. 3:17• 17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: (Hab. 3:17)

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Barley,
bolled,
Flax

Cross References

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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 {seórah,} barley, in Arabic {shair,} and {shairat,} is so called from its rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and defended; from {saâr,} to stand on end as the hair of the head:
hence {seâr,} the hair of the head.
So its Latin name {hordeum} is from {horreo,} 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• 22So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter in law, with her, which returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest. (Ruth 1:22)
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Ruth 2:23• 23So she kept fast by the maidens of Boaz to glean unto the end of barley harvest and of wheat harvest; and dwelt with her mother in law. (Ruth 2:23)
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Amos 4:9• 9I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured them: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the Lord. (Amos 4:9)
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Hab. 3:17• 17Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: (Hab. 3:17)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolledc.

JND Translation Notes

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c
Or "was in bud."