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# flax

«flax» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (no plural)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#m1)

2) Flax can also mean the thread spun from it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: It was one of the crops of Egypt, struck by the plague of hail. Interpretation: The Torah notes the flax was ruined because it was in bloom, while the later-ripening wheat survived. Tradition reads this as showing the exact and measured nature of the plagues. In the primary lessons: in fairy tales, a hard task given to a girl, who must spin it into thread or cloth

### examples

- And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom. (Torah EXO.9.31, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x1)
- She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x2)
- Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x3)
- But she had brought them up to the roof, and hid them with the stalks of flax, which she had spread out upon the roof. (Prophets JOS.2.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x4)
- Here thou hast two bundles of flax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x5)
- Must they spin gold flax for ever? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x6)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.266/)
- [Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.392/)
- [She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.910/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «flax» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.