Commentary for Isaiah 19:3
וְנָבְקָ֤ה רֽוּחַ־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּקִרְבּ֔וֹ וַעֲצָת֖וֹ אֲבַלֵּ֑עַ וְדָרְשׁ֤וּ אֶל־הָֽאֱלִילִים֙ וְאֶל־הָ֣אִטִּ֔ים וְאֶל־הָאֹב֖וֹת וְאֶל־הַיִּדְּעֹנִֽים׃
And the spirit of Egypt shall be made empty within it; And I will make void the counsel thereof; And they shall seek unto the idols, and to the whisperers, And to the ghosts, and to the familiar spirits.
Rashi on Isaiah
And the spirit of Egypt shall empty out Heb. וְנָבְקָה. His wisdom shall be emptied out. Comp. (infra 24:1) “Empties out (בּוֹקֵק) the land.”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ונבקה And shall fail. Root בקק to empty. Comp. בוקק maketh empty (24:1). נבקה is Niphal of בקק, and is formed like נסבה and it will be wound about1The regular form of the Niphal third person fem. sing. past of בקק and סבב is נָסַבָּה נָבַקָּה, but the reduplication is very often neglected in the verbs עיע. Comp. יָזְמוּ ,וְנָבְלָה (Gen. 11:6,7) from בלל and זטם. (Ez. 41:7).
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Rashi on Isaiah
sorcerers Heb. הָאִטִּים, one of the names of the idols.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
אטים Charmers. Comp. אט softly (1 Kings 21:27); אטים signifies things that are done secretly.
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