The Meaning of Exodus 9:31 Explained

Exodus 9:31

KJV: And the flax and the barley was smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

YLT: And the flax and the barley have been smitten, for the barley is budding, and the flax forming flowers,

Darby: And the flax and the barley were smitten; for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was bolled.

ASV: And the flax and the barley were smitten: for the barley was in the ear, and the flax was in bloom.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the flax  and the barley  was smitten:  for the barley  [was] in the ear,  and the flax  [was] bolled. 

What does Exodus 9:31 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 9:13-35 - Mighty Thunderings And Hail
This paragraph recalls Revelation 7:3. The great angel there commanded that no wind should blow on the earth, or on the sea, or upon any tree, until the servants of God had been sealed on their foreheads. Only when this had been effected did the trumpets give signal of the disasters that broke successively on the earth. See Revelation 8:7, etc. The only spot in which the soul is safe is within the encircling provisions of the covenant. Israel stood there and was safe, not only from the hail but from the destroying sword. It was as safe a spot as the center of a cyclone is said to be. God had bound Himself by the most solemn sanctions to be a God to His people and deliver them. It was in pursuance of this pledge that He was their pavilion and canopy in this awful hour, catching the hailstones on His pinions, and securing them from hurt. Directly we trust in Christ He becomes our hiding-place from the storms of judgment and condemnation, Hebrews 13:20. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 9

1  The plague on livestock
8  The plague of boils
13  The message of Moses about the hail,
22  The plague of hail
27  Pharaoh pleads with Moses, but yet is hardened

What do the individual words in Exodus 9:31 mean?

Now the flax and the barley were struck for the barley [was] in the head and the flax [was] in bud
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה נֻכָּ֑תָה כִּ֤י הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙ אָבִ֔יב וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה גִּבְעֹֽל

וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֥ה  Now  the  flax 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פִּשְׁתָּה  
Sense: flax.
וְהַשְּׂעֹרָ֖ה  and  the  barley 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׂעֹרָה  
Sense: barley.
נֻכָּ֑תָה  were  struck 
Parse: Verb, Pual, Perfect, third person feminine singular
Root: נָכָה  
Sense: to strike, smite, hit, beat, slay, kill.
הַשְּׂעֹרָה֙  the  barley 
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: שְׂעֹרָה  
Sense: barley.
אָבִ֔יב  [was]  in  the  head 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָבִיב  
Sense: fresh, young barley ears, barley.
וְהַפִּשְׁתָּ֖ה  and  the  flax 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: פִּשְׁתָּה  
Sense: flax.
גִּבְעֹֽל  [was]  in  bud 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: גִּבְעֹל  
Sense: bud.

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