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title: פֵּשֶׁת — flax · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פֵּשֶׁת (6593), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 16 times: flax. BDB 1906: n.f. flax, linen. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פֵּשֶׁת

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«פֵּשֶׁת» in the Tanakh dictionary: **flax** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 16 times · **Key:** 6593 · **BDB:** פֵּ֫שֶׁת

### Glosses

of.linen(s) (6); linen(s) (4); flax (2)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flax [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6593/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. flax, linen [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6593/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. Jos 2:6 flax, linen (√ dub.; NH פִּשְׁתָּן, Pun. Φοιστ; Löwp. 233);—sf. פִּשְׁתִּי Ho 2:7, 11; elsewhere pl. פִּשְׁתִּים Ju 15:14 +, cstr. פִּשְׁתֵּי Jos 2:6;— 1. flax, after gathering, פִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ Jos 2:6 (JE, v. עֵץ 2 f); inflammable Ju 15:14 (sim.); as natural product (+ צֶמֶר) Ho 2:7, 11; as material, פְּתִיל פ׳ Ez 40:3; of various garments Je 13:1; Ez 44:17, 18(×2), + צֶמֶר Dt 22:11; Lv 13:47, 48, 52, 59 (P), cf. Pr 31:13; עֹבְדֵי פ׳ שְׂרִיקוֹת Is 19:9 (v. \[שָׂרִיק\]).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 15 of its verses cited, 2 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «פֵּשֶׁת» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6593/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Deuteronomy 22:11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/DEU.22.11/)

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לֹ֤א תִלְבַּשׁ֙ שַֽׁעַטְנֵ֔ז צֶ֥מֶר וּפִשְׁתִּ֖ים יַחְדָּֽו׃ס

*Word for word:* not you.will.wear mixed.stuff wool and linen(s) together

*JPS 1917:* Thou shalt not wear a mingled stuff, wool and linen together.

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[Isaiah 19:9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.19.9/)

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וּבֹ֛שׁוּ עֹבְדֵ֥י פִשְׁתִּ֖ים שְׂרִיק֑וֹת וְאֹרְגִ֖ים חוֹרָֽי׃

*Word for word:* and they.will.be.ashamed \[those.who\].work of.flax(es) combed and \[those.who\].weave white.cloth

*JPS 1917:* Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.

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