Kommentar zu Nachum 2:4
מָגֵ֨ן גִּבֹּרֵ֜יהוּ מְאָדָּ֗ם אַנְשֵׁי־חַ֙יִל֙ מְתֻלָּעִ֔ים בְּאֵשׁ־פְּלָד֥וֹת הָרֶ֖כֶב בְּי֣וֹם הֲכִינ֑וֹ וְהַבְּרֹשִׁ֖ים הָרְעָֽלוּ׃
Der Schild seiner Helden ist gerötet, die Kriegsmänner prangen in Purpur; vom Feuer des Stahls [funkeln] die Wagen am Tage seines Rüstens, und die Lanzen werden geschwungen.
Rashi on Nahum
The shields of his mighty men—The mighty of Nebuchadnezzar, who lay siege to Assyria.
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Rashi on Nahum
are dyed red—They are dyed red, and the men of their army are in crimson, dressed in crimson.
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Rashi on Nahum
the chariots are in the fire of torches on the day of his preparation Heb. פְּלָדֹת. On the day that he [Nebuchadnezzar] is prepared to go out in the army, he polishes his iron chariots, but I do not know what פְּלָדֹת means. I say that it is a material that polishes iron well. And some interpret פְּלָדֹת as an expression of a fiery torch (לַפִּיד), by transposing the letters.
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