Exodus 9:31
flax ................. flax <06594> [flax.]
The word {pishteh,} flax, Mr. Parkhurst thinks may be derived from {pashat,} to strip, because the substance which we call flax is properly the filaments of the bark or rind of the vegetable, stripped off the stalks. From time immemorial, Egypt was celebrated for the production and manufacture of flax; and hence the linen and fine linen of Egypt, so often spoken of in scripture and ancient authors.
barley ......... barley <08184> [the barley.]
The Hebrew {se¢rah,} barley, in Arabic {shair,} and {shairat,} is so called from its rough, bristly beard, with which the ears are covered and defended; from {saƒr,} to stand on end as the hair of the head: hence {seƒr,} the hair of the head. So its Latin name {hordeum} is from {horreo,} to stand on end as the hair. Dr. Pococke has observed that there is a double seed time and harvest in Egypt; rice, India wheat, and a grain called the corn of Damascus, are sown and reaped at a very different time from wheat, barley, and flax. The first are sown in March, before the overflowing of the Nile, and reaped about October; whereas the wheat and barley are sown in November and December, as soon as the Nile has gone off, and reaped before May.
Exodus 9:1
Exodus 22:1-31
sheep ..................... sheep ..... sheep <07716 06629> [sheep. or, goat. he shall.]
There is a smaller compensation required in other things, (ver. 9,) and also a disproportion between an ox and a sheep. The reason of the former is, as Maimonides explains it, because money, goods, etc., are better guarded in houses and cities, than cattle in a field; which consequently can be more easily stolen. The reason of the latter seems to be, as it is explained by Bishop Patrick, that an ox was of greater value, and more useful for the purposes of husbandry.
five .... cattle <02568 01241> [five oxen.]
breaking <04290> [breaking.]
blood <01818> [no blood.]
sold <04376> [then he shall.]
in fact ... found <04672> [found.]
pay back double <07999 08147> [he shall restore double.]
make restitution <07999> [shall he make restitution.]
fire breaks out <0784 03318> [If fire break out.]
Mr. Harmer observes, that it is a common custom in the East to set the dry herbage on fire; which fires, from want of care, often produce great damage. Hence a law to guard against such evils was highly expedient.
stacked grain <01430> [so that the stacks of corn.]
started ... fire <01200 01197> [he that kindled the fire.]
thief ... caught <01590 04672> [if the thief be found.]
repay double <07999 08147> [let him pay double.]
judges <0430> [the judges.]
cases ... illegal possessions ........................... matter <01697 06588> [for all manner of trespass.]
cases .............................. matter .... two ................... double <08147 01697> [the cause of both parties.]
two .................. repay double <08147 07999> [pay double unto his.]
oath .... Lord <03068 07621> [an oath of the Lord.]
laid <07971> [that he hath not.]
stolen from ..... pay <01589 07999> [stolen from him.]
torn ... pieces <02963> [torn in pieces.]
bring .... evidence <05707 0935> [let him bring it for witness.]
Or, rather, "Let him bring" {aid hatteraiphah,} an evidence of the thing torn, such as the horns, hoofs, etc.
borrows <07592> [borrow.]
it ..... borrowed ..... pay <07999> [make it good.]
paid .... hire <07939 0935> [it came for his hire.]
man seduces <06601 0376> [a man entice.]
her ... refuses <03985> [utterly.]
pay <08254> [pay. Heb. weigh.]
bride price ... virgins <01330 04119> [dowry of virgins.]
sacrifices <02076> [sacrificeth.]
utterly <02763> [utterly.]
wrong ... foreigner ........ foreigners <01616 03238> [vex a stranger.]
foreigner ........ foreigners <01616> [for ye were strangers.]
cry <06817> [they cry at all.]
surely hear <08085> [I will surely.]
anger <0639> [my wrath.]
wives <0802> [your wives.]
take ........ pledge <02254> [to pledge.]
cries out <06817> [when he crieth.]
gracious <02587> [for I am gracious.]
God <0430> [the gods. or, judges.]
curse <0779> [nor curse.]
hold back <0309> [shalt not delay.]
[the first of they ripe fruits. Heb. they fulness. liquors.]
Heb. tear. the firstborn.
this <03651> [Likewise.]
seven days ............. on .... day <07651 03117> [seven days.]
holy <06944> [holy.]
eat <0398> [neither.]
