Isaiah 19:9 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וּבֹ֛שׁוּ עֹבְדֵ֥י פִשְׁתִּ֖ים שְׂרִיק֑וֹת וְאֹרְגִ֖ים חוֹרָֽי׃

Moreover they that work in combed flax, And they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.

Rashi on Isaiah

Those who work at flax Who sow flax by the river.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

שריקות Red.13A. V., Fire. Some compare it with משרק comb, but more correctly it is derived from שורק vine branch (5:2), and it signifies, having the colour of the vine branch, red; comp. שרקים red (Zac. 1:8).
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Rashi on Isaiah

to be combed Flax that they comb and from which they weave fish nets, which are made with many holes.
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