Commentary for Isaiah 52:7
מַה־נָּאו֨וּ עַל־הֶהָרִ֜ים רַגְלֵ֣י מְבַשֵּׂ֗ר מַשְׁמִ֧יעַ שָׁל֛וֹם מְבַשֵּׂ֥ר ט֖וֹב מַשְׁמִ֣יעַ יְשׁוּעָ֑ה אֹמֵ֥ר לְצִיּ֖וֹן מָלַ֥ךְ אֱלֹהָֽיִךְ׃
How beautiful upon the mountains Are the feet of the messenger of good tidings, That announceth peace, the harbinger of good tidings, That announceth salvation; That saith unto Zion: ‘Thy God reigneth! ’
Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
How beautiful upon the mountains, etc. After I shall have helped thee, that is, after I have said, Behold, it is I, then how beautiful, etc. נאוו Are beautiful. It is Niphal of אוה to desire. Comp. תאוה desire. He who thinks that נ in נאוו is radical, is mistaken, although the root נאה to be beautiful is found in Rabbinical literature.8Comp. the phrase לך נאה לשבח It is becoming to praise Thee, which is frequently met with in the Hebrew liturgy.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Thy God reigneth. This is the explanation of הנני behold, it is I.
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