Kommentar zu Jeschijahu 9:14
זָקֵ֥ן וּנְשׂוּא־פָנִ֖ים ה֣וּא הָרֹ֑אשׁ וְנָבִ֥יא מֽוֹרֶה־שֶּׁ֖קֶר ה֥וּא הַזָּנָֽב׃
Der Greis und Angesehene ist das Haupt, und der Prophet, der Lüge lehrt, ist der Schwanz.
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
The ancient, etc. Now the prophet explains that both head and root signify the old;17The old has here the meaning of chief, which זקנים elders very often has in the Bible. the tail and the rush signify the false prophet.
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