Commentary for II Kings 1:2
וַיִּפֹּ֨ל אֲחַזְיָ֜ה בְּעַ֣ד הַשְּׂבָכָ֗ה בַּעֲלִיָּת֛וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּשֹׁמְר֖וֹן וַיָּ֑חַל וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מַלְאָכִ֔ים וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֲלֵהֶם֙ לְכ֣וּ דִרְשׁ֗וּ בְּבַ֤עַל זְבוּב֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י עֶקְר֔וֹן אִם־אֶחְיֶ֖ה מֵחֳלִ֥י זֶֽה׃ (ס)
And Ahaziah fell down through the lattice in his upper chamber that was in Samaria, and was sick; and he sent messengers, and said unto them: ‘Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover of this sickness.’
Rashi on II Kings
Through the lattice. Gradil, in Latin. I say that they were accustomed to weave it as a warp and a woof with long and short boards, which is called (lates) cantineli, in Latin, and it was made full of holes like sort of a net, and it is called prodne, in O.F. But I heard that שְׂבָכָה is wiz, in O.F., and in German, schwindel steg, as I explained [in], “and by a winding stairway they went up.”1Melochim 2:1
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Rashi on II Kings
And he became ill. An expression of sickness.2IMelochim 6:8.
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