Behold he winnoweth barley tonight in the threshing floor ruth 3 2.
Winnowing barley on the threshing floor meaning.
A threshing floor is a smooth flat surface that was used in the process of harvesting grain.
Behold he winnoweth barley to night in the threshing floor threshing floor.
Threshing is the process of removing the grain of wheat or barley from the stalk and husk.
Before there was machinery farmers used a threshing floor to separate the grain from the chaff.
The hebrews could idiomatically speak of the threshing floor of barley meaning the threshing floor full of barley the barley lay heaped up in boaz s threshing floor and he was changed in winnowing it.
Transportation of grain to the threshing floor.
When the bible speaks of the farmer s fan it does not mean that some instrument was used to increase the wind.
He threw up against the wind the mingled mass that was on his floor after the stalks had been carefully trodden or beaten.
Winnowing the grain.
The harvested produce would be spread over the threshing floor and then animals cattle or oxen would be led over it to crush and break the sheaves apart with their hooves.
Rather the fan was the shovel or wooden fork used when unseparated grain and straw.
He threw up against the wind the mingled mass that was on his floor after the stalks had been carefully trodden or beaten.
The threshing was done in different ways depending on how much grain there was and the tools the farmer had available to him.