Commentary for Amos 8:4
שִׁמְעוּ־זֹ֕את הַשֹּׁאֲפִ֖ים אֶבְי֑וֹן וְלַשְׁבִּ֖ית ענוי־[עֲנִיֵּי־] אָֽרֶץ׃
Hear this, O ye that would swallow the needy, And destroy the poor of the land,
Rashi on Amos
you who swallow up Heb. הַשֹׁאֲפִים, who swallow up the needy.
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Rashi on Amos
and to cut off Heb. וְלַשְׁבִּית, like וּלְהַשְׁבִּית. And examples [of this are found in Isaiah 23:11:] “To destroy (לַשְׁמִד) its strongholds.” (II Kings 9:15) “To go and tell (לַגִיד) in Jezreel.”
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