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# 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

1. Flax is a plant whose stems are spun into thread for making linen cloth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flax/#m1)
2. Flax can also mean the thread spun from it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flax/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flax/#x1)
- Must they spin gold flax for ever? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flax/#x2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x1)
- She seeketh wool and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. (Writings PRO.31.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x2)
- Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed. (Prophets ISA.19.9, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x3)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «flax» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/flax/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flax» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/flax.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «flax» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/flax/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«flax» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/flax.html) on Mova free.