Kommentar zu Jeschijahu 7:2
וַיֻּגַּ֗ד לְבֵ֤ית דָּוִד֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר נָ֥חָֽה אֲרָ֖ם עַל־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַיָּ֤נַע לְבָבוֹ֙ וּלְבַ֣ב עַמּ֔וֹ כְּנ֥וֹעַ עֲצֵי־יַ֖עַר מִפְּנֵי־רֽוּחַ׃
Dem Hause David war zuvor also gemeldet worden: Aram lagert in Efrajim, [und beide bereiten sich vor, Jehuda anzugreifen]. Da bebte das Herz [des Achaz] und das Herz seines Volkes wie die Waldbäume vor dem Sturm.
Rashi on Isaiah
And it was told to the House of David Since he was wicked, Scripture did not mention his name.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Ephraim. The kingdom of the ten tribes is called Ephraim, because their first king Jeroboam was of that tribe (1 Kings 2:26).
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Rashi on Isaiah
Aram has allied itself with Ephraim lit. has rested upon Ephraim. The king of Aram has joined the king of Israel to attack you. נָחָה is the feminine gender, since the kingdom (מַלְכוּת) joined. Posad in O. F., lay, comp. (Exodus 10:14) “And it rested (וַיַָּנַח) in all the boundary of Egypt.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
עם═על With; comp. האנשים על הנשים The men with the women (Exod. 35:22)
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Rashi on Isaiah
and his heart... trembled Since each one individually had already waged war with him and defeated him, as it is said (II Chron. 28:5): “And the Lord his God delivered into the hand of the king of Aram...,” and it states further (v. 6): “And Pekah son of Remaliah slew 120,000 men.” Both verses are in Chronicles.
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Rashi on Isaiah
as the trees of the forest tremble The sound of trees that do not produce fruit is heard more than that of all fruit trees [var. the sound of fruit trees], as is [found] in Gen. Rabbah (16:3).
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