giv.ol denotes the bud-stage of flax in the report of crop damage.

The term identifies flax as being at its bud stage in the crop-damage report of Exodus 9:31.

1. Flax at the bud stage · dominant

   In Exodus 9:31, the masculine singular absolute noun occurs in the clause describing the condition of the flax alongside barley; the APB renders the verse, "the barley was in the ear and the flax was in bud."

   Exodus 9:31

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Exodus 9:31, the APB presents the flax as "in bud"; This identifies the verse's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.