Commentary for Shabbat 40:8
ולא בכלך: אמר שמואל שאלתינהו לכל נחותי ימא ואמרי (לה) כולכא שמיה רב יצחק בר זעירא אמר גושקרא
NOR WITH HOSEN [TOW]. R. Joseph said: [That is,] hatcheled flax. Abaye demurred: But it is written, And the hason shall be as ne'oreth?<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Isa. I, 31. E.V. And the strong shall be as tow, but Abaye identifies hason with hosen and thus deduces that hosen is not ne'oreth (hatcheled flax). ');"><sup>13</sup></span> Rather said Abaye: It is crushed but uncombed flax.
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