Habakkuk 2:11 Commentary: Rashi

כִּי־אֶ֖בֶן מִקִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְכָפִ֖יס מֵעֵ֥ץ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ (פ)

For the stone shall cry out of the wall, And the beam out of the timber shall answer it.

Rashi on Habakkuk

For a stone For the stones that you stole shall cry from the wall.
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Rashi on Habakkuk

and a chip of the wood shall answer it [the stone]. It shall answer aloud the stone that is opposite it; hence both of them cry.
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Rashi on Habakkuk

and a chip shall answer it from a beam Jonathan renders: וְשִׁפָּא מִגּוֹ מָרֵישָׁא. שִׁפָּא is an expression of a chip; שְׁפָאִים in the language of the Sages; dokldours in O.F. - chips. מָרֵישׁ is a beam.
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