Commentary for Isaiah 34:15
שָׁ֣מָּה קִנְּנָ֤ה קִפּוֹז֙ וַתְּמַלֵּ֔ט וּבָקְעָ֖ה וְדָגְרָ֣ה בְצִלָּ֑הּ אַךְ־שָׁ֛ם נִקְבְּצ֥וּ דַיּ֖וֹת אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָֽהּ׃
There shall the arrowsnake make her nest, and lay, And hatch, and brood under her shadow; Yea, there shall the kites be gathered, Every one with her mate.
Rashi on Isaiah
has made its nest (קִנְּנָה) an expression related to ‘a bird’s nest’ (קַן) (Deut. 22:6).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
קפוז The great owl. It is not the same as 25I. E. frequently states, that he objects to the assumption of an interchange of letters others than א ה ו י. Rashi is of opinion that קפוז and קפד are the same.;קפוד it is some other bird.26Other bird is not quite correct; for קפוד is explained by I. E. to signify the hedgehog; the word other is perhaps used with regard to the birds mentioned ver. 11, and in this same verse (15).
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Rashi on Isaiah
owl (קִפּוֹז) that is the owl (קִפֹּד).
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