Lexical Summary pesheth: flax, linen Original Word: פִשְׁתֶּהTransliteration: pesheth Phonetic Spelling: (pish-teh') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: flax, linen Meaning: flax, linen Strong's Concordance flax, linen From the same as pash as in the sense of comminuting; linen (i.e. The thread, as carded) -- flax, linen. see HEBREW pash Brown-Driver-Briggs H6593. pesheth [מֵּ֫שֶׁת] noun [masculine] flax, linen (√ dubious; Late Hebrew מִּשְׁתָּן, Punic φοιστ; Löwp. 233); — suffixמִּשְׁתִּי Hosea 2:7; 2:11; elsewhere plural מִּעשׁתִּים Judges 15:14 +, construct מִּשְׁתֵּי Joshua 2:6; — 1 flax, after gathering, הָעֵץ מִּשְׁתֵּי Joshua 2:6 (J E, see עֵץ 2f); inflammable Judges 15:14 (simile); as natural product (+ עֶמֶר) Hosea 2:7; 2:11; as material, פ ׳מְּתִיל Ezekiel 40:3; of various garments Jeremiah 13:1; Ezekiel 44:17-18, (twice in verse), + צֶמֶר Deuteronomy 22:11; Leviticus 13:47-48, 52, 59 (P), compare Proverbs 31:13; פ ׳עֹבְדֵי שְׂרִיקוֺת Isaiah 19:9 (see [ שָׂרִיק]). |
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