Commentary for Isaiah 19:13
נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙ שָׂ֣רֵי צֹ֔עַן נִשְּׁא֖וּ שָׂ֣רֵי נֹ֑ף הִתְע֥וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֖יִם פִּנַּ֥ת שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃
The princes of Zoan are become fools, The princes of Noph are deceived; They have caused Egypt to go astray, That are the corner-stone of her tribes.
Rashi on Isaiah
have become foolish Heb. נוֹאֲלוּ, an expression related to אֱלִילִים, fools.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
נואלו Are become fools. Comp. נואלנו we acted foolishly (Num. 12:11).
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Rashi on Isaiah
have been misled Heb. נָשְּׁאוּ, have been misled. Comp. (Gen. 3:13) “The snake misled me (הִשִּׁיאַנִּי) and I ate.”
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נשאו They are deceived. Comp. השיאני hath beguiled me (Gen. 3:13); it is Niphal.
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פנת The stay. The nobles. Comp. פנות the chiefs (Judges 20:2).
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שבטיה The tribes thereof, that is, her families.
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