Commentary for Habakkuk 2:11
כִּי־אֶ֖בֶן מִקִּ֣יר תִּזְעָ֑ק וְכָפִ֖יס מֵעֵ֥ץ יַעֲנֶֽנָּה׃ (פ)
For the stone shall cry out of the wall, And the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Rashi on Habakkuk
For a stone For the stones that you stole shall cry from the wall.
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Rashi on Habakkuk
and a chip of the wood shall answer it [the stone]. It shall answer aloud the stone that is opposite it; hence both of them cry.
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and a chip shall answer it from a beam Jonathan renders: וְשִׁפָּא מִגּוֹ מָרֵישָׁא. שִׁפָּא is an expression of a chip; שְׁפָאִים in the language of the Sages; dokldours in O.F. - chips. מָרֵישׁ is a beam.
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