Commentary for Ezekiel 16:1
וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃
Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Rashi on Ezekiel
let...know Heb. הוֹדַע, fais savoir in French, inform.
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Rashi on Ezekiel
your dwelling place Heb. מְכֹרֹתַיִך, like מְגוּרוֹתַיִךְ, your dwelling place [interchanging כ and ג], and Menachem (p. 110) connected the word to the idea of birth. He similarly explained (Gen. 49: 5): “weapons of violence are their birth (מְכֵרוֹתֵיהֶם)” (Deut. 18:8); “besides what he has from his birth (מִמְכָּרָיו)” (II Kings 12:6); “each one from his kinsman (מַכָּרוֹ).” They all mean birth.
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your father, etc., and your mother Abraham and Sarah took their greatness from there, and the children of Heth gave her a grave.
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