[Avodah] national flag???

[Zev Sero]

On 6/10/2011 9:16 AM, Micha Berger wrote:
>     Sheish beriqmah miMitzrayim hayah mifraseikh
>      lihyos lekha leneis;
>      tekheiles ve'argaman mei'iyaei Elishah
>      hayah machseikh.
> 			-Yechezqeil 27:7
>
> But here we see fine sails served as Tzor's neis. Doesn't this, combined
> with Bamidbar, argue for a meaning relating to cloth on a pole?

It certainly sounds like it.  Though no mention of a device; it sounds
to me more like the "neis" is the fineness of the sailcloth itself, by
which Tzor's ships can be recognised.  Then again, "rikmah" may imply
a device after all, which would imply that the flag was re-invented by
the medieval Europeans, rather than being their original idea.

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