'Stalks' in the Bible

But [in fact] she had brought the scouts up to the roof and had hidden them under the stalks of flax which she had laid in order on the roof [to dry].

Nor of the pestilence that stalks in darkness,Nor of the destruction (sudden death) that lays waste at noon.

For on account of a prostitute one is reduced to a piece of bread [to be eaten up],And the immoral woman hunts [with a hook] the precious life [of a man].