Exodus 9:32

“But the wheat and the rye were not smitten, etc.] Bruised, broken, beat down, and destroyed by hail: the word by us rendered “rye”, and by other “fitches” or “spelt”, is thought by Dr. Shaw f261 to be “rice”, of which there were and still are plantations in Egypt; whereas rye is little, if at all known in those countries, and besides is of the quickest growth; and he observes that rice was the “olyra” of the ancient Egyptians, by which word the Septuagint render the Hebrew word here; and from Pliny f262 we learn, that “olyra”, and “oryza”, or rice, are the same, and which with the Greeks is “zea”, by which some translate the word here: for they were not grown up; and so their leaves, as the…”

“With the plague of hail begins the last series of plagues, which differ from the former both in their severity and their effects. Each produced a temporary, but real, change in Pharaoh’s feelings. Exodus 9:14 All my plagues - This applies to all the plagues which follow; the effect of each was foreseen and foretold. The words “at this time” point to a rapid and continuous succession of blows. The plagues which precede appear to have been spread over a considerable time; the first message of Moses was delivered after the early harvest of the year before, when the Israelites could gather stubble, i. e. in May and April: the second mission, when the plagues began, was probably toward the end of…”

“not grown up: Heb. hidden, or dark, Exo 10:22 Exodus 9:33”