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title: פִּשְׁתָּה — flax · The Tanakh dictionary
description: פִּשְׁתָּה (6594), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 4 times: flax. BDB 1906: n.f. flax. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# פִּשְׁתָּה

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«פִּשְׁתָּה» 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:** 4 times · **Key:** 6594 · **BDB:** פִּשְׁתָּה

### Glosses

flax (2); a.wick (1); wick (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

flax [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6594/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. flax [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6594/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. flax;—פ׳: growing Ex 9:31(×2) (J). = wick Is 42:3; 43:17 (in sim.).

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 3 of its verses cited, 1 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 «פִּשְׁתָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1508/6594/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Isaiah 42:3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/ISA.42.3/)

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קָנֶ֤ה רָצוּץ֙ לֹ֣א יִשְׁבּ֔וֹר וּפִשְׁתָּ֥ה כֵהָ֖ה לֹ֣א יְכַבֶּ֑נָּה לֶאֱמֶ֖ת יוֹצִ֥יא מִשְׁפָּֽט׃

*Word for word:* a.reed crushed not he.will.break and a.wick dim not he will.extinguish.it to faithfulness he.will.bring.forth justice

*JPS 1917:* A bruised reed shall he not break, and the dimly burning wick shall he not quench; he shall make the right to go forth according to the truth.

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[Exodus 9:31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/EXO.9.31/)

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וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ אָבִ֔יב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה גִּבְעֹֽל׃

*Word for word:* and the flax and the barley it.was.struck (dm) the barley \[was\].young.barley.ear\[s\] and the flax \[was\].bud

*JPS 1917:* And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

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