to (ne`oreth (Jud 16:9; Isa 1:31)): The coarser part of flax, with short threads, used as an example of easily inflammable material. Also Isa 43:17 the King James Version for pishtah, the usual word for "flax" (so the English Revised Version), here as used for a wick (so the American Standard Revised Version, the English Revised Version margin).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr (1915). Public domain, from the CrossWire SWORD module.