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.
Winnowing barley on the threshing floor meaning.
Usually a large hard area of earth or stone on the downwind east side of the village where threshing took place loosening the grain from the straw and winnowing.
He threw up against the wind the mingled mass that was on his floor after the stalks had been carefully trodden or beaten.
A threshing floor is a smooth flat surface that was used in the process of harvesting grain.
Transportation of grain to the threshing floor.
Rather the fan was the shovel or wooden fork used when unseparated grain and straw.
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.
Before there was machinery farmers used a threshing floor to separate the grain from the chaff.
Essential to threshing was a threshing floor a flat area of hard dirt or rock on which freshly harvested wheat could be piled.
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.
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.
Winnowing the grain.
Behold he winnoweth barley to night in the threshing floor threshing floor.