Commentary for Daniel 2:40
וּמַלְכוּ֙ רביעיה [רְבִ֣יעָאָ֔ה] תֶּהֱוֵ֥א תַקִּיפָ֖ה כְּפַרְזְלָ֑א כָּל־קֳבֵ֗ל דִּ֤י פַרְזְלָא֙ מְהַדֵּ֤ק וְחָשֵׁל֙ כֹּ֔לָּא וּֽכְפַרְזְלָ֛א דִּֽי־מְרָעַ֥ע כָּל־אִלֵּ֖ין תַּדִּ֥ק וְתֵרֹֽעַ׃
And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and beateth down all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush.
Rashi on Daniel
And a fourth kingdom will be as hard as iron, as you saw the thighs, which are the fourth from the head, the breast, and the belly, and they are of iron.
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crumbles and flattens everything flattens and crumbles all kinds of metal, which are flattened with a hammer.
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and flattens Aram. וְחָשֵּׁל, and flattens. There are many such [words] in the Talmud. Keth. 77a, “who thins copper for kettles (חַשְּׁלָא דוּדֵי)”; Hul. 93a: “crushed testicles (בֵּיעֵי חֳשִּׁלָתָא).”
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all these all these kinds of metals that you saw in the image.
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it will crumble and shatter It will crumble and shatter all the nations.
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