Commentary for Ezekiel 38:1
וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
Rashi on Ezekiel
toward Gog So is the king’s name.
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Magog The name of the nation, as Scripture states (Gen. 10: 2): “Gomer and Magog.”
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And I shall unbridle you [Heb. וְשּׁוֹבַבְתִּיךָ.] I shall make you שׁוֹבָב a unbridled, backsliding, envoyzer in Old French, to unbridle. Whoever follows the dictates of his heart is called שּׁוֹבַב, as (Isa. 57: 17): “for he went rebelliously (שּׁוֹבֵב) in the way of his heart.”
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