Jastrow: סָרַק II

סָרַק II (cmp. preced.) [to cleanse,] to comb, card, hatchel (cmp. b. h. שְׂרִיקוֹת, Is. XIX, 9). Sot. IX, 5 מותר לִסְרוֹק שם וכ׳ it is permitted to hatchel flax thereon. Naz. VI, 3 אבל לא סוֹרֵק but must not comb his hair. Y. Pes. I, 27ᵇ top סוֹרֶקֶת must comb her hair (before bathing). Ber. 61ᵇ היו סוֹרְקִין את בשרו וכ׳ they flayed his flesh with iron combs; a. fr.—Dem. I, 4 הסוֹרֵק, v. סָרוֹק. [Tosef. Kel. B. Bath. VII, 10 סורקים, R. S. to Kel. XXX, 3, v. סָרַח I.)—Part. pass. סָרוּק; pl. סְרוּקִים. Kel. XXVI, 5 עור הסרוק the skin on which the carded wool is placed for sale; עור הסורק the skin which the carder uses as an apron. Yalk. Zech. 574 (play on שרקים, Zech. I, 8) סרוקים כד"א וכ׳ ‘hatchelled material’ as the root saraḳ is used (Is. XIX, 9) in the sense of flax; this refers to the sons of Gershon whose burdens consisted mostly of linen garments.