Commentary for Isaiah 13:16
וְעֹלְלֵיהֶ֥ם יְרֻטְּשׁ֖וּ לְעֵֽינֵיהֶ֑ם יִשַּׁ֙סּוּ֙ בָּֽתֵּיהֶ֔ם וּנְשֵׁיהֶ֖ם תשגלנה [תִּשָּׁכַֽבְנָה׃]
Their babes also shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes; Their houses shall be spoiled, And their wives ravished.
Rashi on Isaiah
shall be dashed Heb. יְרֻטָּשׁוּ. Comp. (verse 18) “Shall dash (תְּרַטַּשְׁנָה) youths.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
תשגלנה They will be ravished. It is read תשכבנה by euphemism.19שנל had originally a loss offensive meaning. Comp. שֵׁגֶל wife, queen. (Ps. 45:10.); but in the course of time it became a more common and vulgar expression; the Massorites recommended therefore to replace this verb by the less offensive שבב to lie, but only in reading; the written text was of course not altered by them.
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