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Commentary for Deuteronomy 28:16

אָר֥וּר אַתָּ֖ה בָּעִ֑יר וְאָר֥וּר אַתָּ֖ה בַּשָּׂדֶֽה׃

Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.

Rav Hirsch on Torah

V. 16. ארור וגו׳ (siehe zu V. 3).
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Chizkuni

ארור, just as the meaning of ברוך commonly translated as “blessed,” means enjoying the abundance of success and good things, so the word ארור, its opposite, means loss of valuable things and dearth of many essential things.
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