'Flax' in the Bible
And the flax and the barley were struck, because the barley [was in the] ear and the flax [was in] bud.
(But she had taken them to the roof and had hidden them {in the stalks of flax} that she {had spread out} on the roof.)
As he came up to Lehi, [the] Philistines came shouting to meet him; and the Spirit of Yahweh rushed on him, and the ropes that [were] on his arms became like flax that has burned with fire, and his bindings melted from his hands.
The ambush [was] sitting [in wait] for her in an inner room. And she said to him, "[The] Philistines [are] upon you Samson!" And he snapped the bowstrings just as flax fiber snaps when it comes close to fire. And [the secret of] his strength remained unknown.
She seeks wool and flax, and she works with the diligence of {her hands}.
And [the] workers of combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white linen.
Because their mother was unfaithful; she who conceived them has acted shamefully, for she said: "I will go after my lovers, the ones who give [me] my bread, my water, my wool, and my flax, my oil, and my drink."
Therefore I will take again my grain in its time, and my wine in its season; and I will take away my wool and my flax, [which were] to cover her nakedness.