이사야 28:25의 주석

Is it not so that the plowman, as soon as he plows, smooths the surface of the soil and afterwards sows.

שוה He hath made plain. Derived from שוה equal; comp. נשתוה alike (Prov. 27:15).

he scatters the black cumin If he comes to sow black cumin, he sows it by scattering it, and if he comes to sow cumin, he sows it by casting it. קצח is a kind of food.

קצח A kind of cummin, but smaller and black.

and he places the prominent wheat, and the barley for a sign, and the spelt on its borders And if he comes to sow grain, this is his custom. He sows the wheat in the middle of the furrow, and the barley he sows around it for a sign, and the spelt he sows on the borders of the field [and its boundaries]. שׂוֹרָה is an expression of ruling (שְׂרָרָה). He sows it in the center, and it appears ([printed editions] is found) to rule over the barley and the spelt.

שורה According to some, good; according to others, with measure; comp. במשורה with the measure (Lev. 19:35), and this is right.

ושערה And barley. It is well known.³²This remark seems to be quite superfluous, especially since חטה did not enlist any such observation from the commentator. The words השעורה ידוע in the Hebrew text, present two other difficulties; firstly, the fem. ידועה is required; secondly, the repetition of שעורה is not the usual style of I. E. The two words contain most probably the explanation of נסמן, and are a corruption of בשעור ידוֹע, in a well-known measure.

נסמן Marked. Comp. סימן sign.

נבלתו In its place. Comp. מגבלות measured³³This explanation is given in the abridged commentary on Exodus, but in the large one he declares it too hard to find the exact meaning of the expression. A. V., At the ends. (Ex. 28:14)