Commentary for Genesis 27:11
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יַעֲקֹ֔ב אֶל־רִבְקָ֖ה אִמּ֑וֹ הֵ֣ן עֵשָׂ֤ו אָחִי֙ אִ֣ישׁ שָׂעִ֔ר וְאָנֹכִ֖י אִ֥ישׁ חָלָֽק׃
And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother: ‘Behold, Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man.
Rashi on Genesis
איש שער means A HAIRY MAN.
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Radak on Genesis
ויאמר...שעיר. seeing that his skin was covered with hair all over, even his hands and throat.
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Rav Hirsch on Torah
Wiederholt heißt es hier und im Verfolge immer אמו, da sie nur als Mutter es forderte und er nur als Sohn gehorchen zu müssen glaubte.
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Chizkuni
איש שעיר, according to the Jerusalem Targum, “a very virile and hairy man.”
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