Lexical Definition

‎נְעֹרֶת‎ nᵉʻôreth (neh-o'-reth) tow ^H:N-F
from ‎נָעַר‎

tow.

• something shaken out, i.e. tow (as the refuse of flax)

1) a strand of flax, tow (as shaken from flax when beaten)

See Greek: καλάμη

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נְעֹ֫רֶת‎ noun feminine tow (as shaken off from the flax when beaten; on form compare Ba^{NB 64}); — in simile ‎׳‎‎פְּתִילהַֿנּ‎ Judg 16:9 a thread of tow (snapping from heat); ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Isa 1:31 (figurative; as inflammable).

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