Commentary for Isaiah 19:9
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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