Isaiah 19:9
Douay-Rheims
They shall be confounded that wrought in flax, combing and weaving fine linen.
Rashi
Those who work at flax Who sow flax by the river. to be combed Flax that they comb and from which they weave fish nets, which are made with many holes. nets [lit. holes.] Since the suffix is irregular, ordinarily חוֹרִים Rashi enumerates similar instances e.g.,] (Psalms 8:5) “The beasts of the field (שָׂדָי)”; (Jer. 22:14) “And he will cut out for himself windows (חַלּוֹנָי).”
Hebrew and Aramaic words are the commentator’s citations of the sacred text; the English translation that follows each is the translator’s.
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