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Mat_9:20. The particular kind of haemorrhage cannot be determined. Some: excess of menstruation. Others: haemorrhoids. From its having lasted twelve years, it may be inferred that the ailment was periodical.
ὄπισθεν ] out of modesty. κράσπεδον ] LXX. Num_15:38, öÄéöÄú . Such was the name given to the tassel which, in accordance with Num_15:38 f., the Jew wore on each of the four extremities of his cloak, to remind him of Jehovah’s commands. Lund, Jüd. Heiligth. ed. Wolf, p. 896 f.; Keil, Archäol. § 102; Ewald, Alterth. p. 307.
The article points to the particular tassel which she touched. Comp. Mat_14:36.