flax

noun (no plural)

«flax» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth. tree →
Flax can also mean the thread spun from it. tree →

In the lessons

in fairy tales, a hard task given to a girl, who must spin it into thread or cloth

Examples

Here thou hast two bundles of flax. tree →
Must they spin gold flax for ever? tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In 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.

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 →
She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917) tree →
Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917) tree →
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 →

Note

nothing for maths

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «flax» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«flax» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
Trees and pragmatics of «flax» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
«flax» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.

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