Kommentar zu Jeschijahu 46:6
הַזָּלִ֤ים זָהָב֙ מִכִּ֔יס וְכֶ֖סֶף בַּקָּנֶ֣ה יִשְׁקֹ֑לוּ יִשְׂכְּר֤וּ צוֹרֵף֙ וְיַעֲשֵׂ֣הוּ אֵ֔ל יִסְגְּד֖וּ אַף־יִֽשְׁתַּחֲוּֽוּ׃
Jene, die Gold spenden aus dem Beutel und Silber auf der Waage wägen, einen Schmelzer dingen, dass er einen Gott daraus mache, dann vor ihm knien und niederfallen;
Rashi on Isaiah
Those who let gold run from the purse Heb. הַזָּלִים, an expression of (Ps. 146:18) “Water runs (יִזְּלוּ) .”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
הולים They lavish gold, etc. Many compare this word with אזל is spent3aLiterally: is gone. The literal translation of הזלים accordingly is: that cause to go, that is, that spend. I. E. properly objects that ולים, if participle Kal of אול, has a neuter sense, they that go. (1 Sam. 9:7), and assume here the elision of the first radical (א) ; but it is in fact hap. leg.; for אזל is intransitive. הזלים means who give. מכיס Out of the bag. The bag is a part of the balance; comp. בכיסך in thy bag (Deut. 25:13). The succeeding בקנה has a similar meaning; it is hap. leg.
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Rashi on Isaiah
with the balance Heb. קָנֶה, the bar of a scale, called flael in O.F.
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