Commentary for II Kings 19:28
יַ֚עַן הִתְרַגֶּזְךָ֣ אֵלַ֔י וְשַׁאֲנַנְךָ֖ עָלָ֣ה בְאָזְנָ֑י וְשַׂמְתִּ֨י חַחִ֜י בְּאַפֶּ֗ךָ וּמִתְגִּי֙ בִּשְׂפָתֶ֔יךָ וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥אתָ בָּֽהּ׃
Because of thy raging against Me, And for that thy tumult is come up into Mine ears, Therefore will I put My hook in thy nose, And My bridle in thy lips, And I will turn thee back by the way By which thou camest.
Rashi on II Kings
And your tumult. [Means] the same as ושאונך [=your tumult].20Alternatively, “your tranquility,” i.e., their rage was on account of their tranquility.—Radak
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Metzudat Zion on II Kings
And...is the language of noise and crooding:
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Rashi on II Kings
My ring. A kind of ring by which they pull an animal whose behavior is bad,21Alternatively, חח is a fish hook which pierces the fish when it is pulled out of the water.—Radak as we learned, ”And all animals that are usually pulled with a ring may go out [on Shabbos] with a ring.”22Maseches Shabbos 51b.
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