A dictionary of the . ey are baked. FLA FLI These tender seeds are still beaten outwith a stout staff, as described in : 27. Fitches, in Eze. 4 : 9, shouldread, as in the margin, spelt. See Rye. FLAG. Probably used, as by us,somewhat indefinitely. Ex. 2 : 3. Ifany special plant was intended, it mayhave been the edible rush or the flower-ing rush, both of which abound inEgypt, and the latter in Palestine. FLAGON. The Hebrew word sotranslated in 2 Sam. 6 : 19,- 1 Chr. 16 :3; Song Sol. 2:5; Hos. 3:1 (cf. mar-gin) means a cake, ordinarily ofcompressed raisins. The last-quotedtext sh
A dictionary of the . ey are baked. FLA FLI These tender seeds are still beaten outwith a stout staff, as described in : 27. Fitches, in Eze. 4 : 9, shouldread, as in the margin, spelt. See Rye. FLAG. Probably used, as by us,somewhat indefinitely. Ex. 2 : 3. Ifany special plant was intended, it mayhave been the edible rush or the flower-ing rush, both of which abound inEgypt, and the latter in Palestine. FLAGON. The Hebrew word sotranslated in 2 Sam. 6 : 19,- 1 Chr. 16 :3; Song Sol. 2:5; Hos. 3:1 (cf. mar-gin) means a cake, ordinarily ofcompressed raisins. The last-quotedtext shows that such cakes were offeredto idols. But in Isa. 22 : 24 the word flagon is the correct translation ofthe Hebrew. FLAX, a well-known plant, whichfurnishes the material of linen stuffs ofevery variety, Ex. 9:31. It was pro-duced of the best quality in Egypt,Isa. 19 : 9, and was an article of exten-sive commerce. At the present day, as in ancienttimes, flax is laid upon the housetop inthe heat of the sun to dry, Josh. 2 Flax. {After Tristram.) Lamp-wicks were made of this material,Isa. 42 : 3. The spinning of flax was
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