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thresh´ing (דּוּש×, duÌ„sh; ἀλοαÌω, aloaÌoÌ„): DuÌ„sh means literally, “to trample out.†In , דּרך, daÌ„rakh, is used of threshing. Fitches and cummin were beaten off with a rod. The distinction between beating and threshing is made in . Gideon, in order to avoid being seen by the Midianites, beat out his wheat in a wine press instead of threshing it on the threshing-floor (). For a general description of the threshing operations see AGRICULTURE.
Figurative: “Thou shalt thresh the mountains,†i.e. thou wilt overcome great difficulties (). Babylon's destruction was foretold poetically in the language of the threshing-floor (; ; ); Zion's foes would be gathered as sheaves on the threshing-floor (, ; compare ; ; ); threshing unto the vintage, i.e. throughout the summer, indicated an extra abundant yield ().