pish.teh denotes flax as a plant or fiber material, appearing in stalks, cordage, and textile goods.

The term denotes flax across its observed uses: stalks laid out on a roof, a cord held for measuring, and material associated with garments, weaving, and other textile articles. The same material also supplies the comparison for ropes that burn away in Judges 15:14.

1. Flax as plant and fiber material · dominant

   The plural form occurs with textile materials and articles: in Leviticus 13:47 the APB renders a garment "of wool or in a garment of flax," while Leviticus 13:48 places it in warp or mixture with wool. In Joshua 2:6 the construct plural is used of "stalks of flax" arranged on the roof; Ezekiel 40:3 names a "cord of flax," and Judges 15:14 compares the ropes on Samson's arms to flax burned by fire.

   Leviticus 13:47Leviticus 13:48Joshua 2:6Ezekiel 40:3Judges 15:14Isaiah 19:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly presents the term as "flax," including "stalks of flax," "cord of flax," and garments or cloth involving flax. Its contribution is not clear from the supplied APB wording in Hosea 2:7 and Hosea 2:11, where the form is present but no corresponding English wording is evident.