Kommentar zu Jeschijahu 16:6
שָׁמַ֥עְנוּ גְאוֹן־מוֹאָ֖ב גֵּ֣א מְאֹ֑ד גַּאֲוָת֧וֹ וּגְאוֹנ֛וֹ וְעֶבְרָת֖וֹ לֹא־כֵ֥ן בַּדָּֽיו׃ (ס)
[Aber Israel erwidert auf diese Bitte:] Wir haben vernommen den Hochmut Moabs, es überhebt sich sehr, [wir kennen] seinen Übermut, seinen Hochmut, sein Auffahren, seinen grundlosen Stolz.
Rashi on Isaiah
they have become very proud Heb. גֵּא מְאֹד, [lit.] he has become very proud.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
We have heard. The prophet represents now the Israelites or the other nations as speaking.
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Rashi on Isaiah
their pride and their haughtiness are improper, for the source of the nurturing of their branches was through illegitimacy and the incest of the daughters from their father.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נא Proud. The omission of the ה is irregular.11Root גאה to be proud. Kimchi compares נֵּאֶה ═ נֵּא with רֵעֶה ═ רֵעַ friend.
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Rashi on Isaiah
and their conception Heb. וְעֶבְרָתוֹ, their conception, [lit. his conception.] Alternatively, עֶבְרָתוֹ means “his anger,” the anger they bore for Israel.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
לא כן בדיו His branches12A. V., lies. Branches is a figurative expression for children: the meaning of the whole phrase is, his children will not be as proud as he is. will not be so. Comp. בדים branches (Ez. 17:6). Others render בדיו his thoughtsand כן right; comp. Num. 27:7. As to בדיו his thoughtscomp. בדיך thy words (Job 11:3)
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Rashi on Isaiah
improper Their heroes acted improperly, for they were unappreciative.
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