Lexical Definition

‎פִּשְׁתֶּה‎ pishteh (pish-teh') flax ^H:N-F
from the same as ‎פַּשׁ‎ as in the sense of comminuting

flax, linen.

• linen (i.e. the thread, as carded)

1) flax, linen
1a) fibre used as material for garments

See Greek: λίνον · ὀθόνιον

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎פֵּ֫שֶׁת‎] noun [masculine] flax, linen (√ dubious; Late Hebrew ‎פִּשְׁתָּן‎, Punic φοιστ; Löw^{p. 233}); — suffix‎פִּשְׁתִּי‎ Hos 2:7*; Hos 2:11* elsewhere plural ‎פִּעשׁתִּים‎ Judg 15:14 +, construct ‎פִּשְׁתֵּי‎ Josh 2:6 —

1. flax, after gathering, ‎פִּשְׁתֵּי הָעֵץ‎ Josh 2:6 (J E, see ‎עֵץ‎ 2 f); inflammable Judg 15:14 (simile); as natural product (+ ‎עֶמֶר‎) Hos 2:7*; Hos 2:11* as material, ‎׳‎‎פְּתִיל פ‎ Ezek 40:3 of various garments Jer 13:1; Ezek 44:17; Ezek 44:18 (twice in verse), + ‎צֶמֶר‎ Deut 22:11; Lev 13:47; Lev 13:48; Lev 13:52; Lev 13:59 (P), compare Prov 31:13 ‎שְׂרִיקוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎עֹבְדֵי פ‎ Isa 19:9 (see [ ‎שָׂרִיק‎]).

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