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 →

2) Flax can also mean the thread spun from it. tree →

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

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.
• Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.
• She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «flax» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.