Commentary for Isaiah 30:23
וְנָתַן֩ מְטַ֨ר זַרְעֲךָ֜ אֲשֶׁר־תִּזְרַ֣ע אֶת־הָאֲדָמָ֗ה וְלֶ֙חֶם֙ תְּבוּאַ֣ת הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה וְהָיָ֥ה דָשֵׁ֖ן וְשָׁמֵ֑ן יִרְעֶ֥ה מִקְנֶ֛יךָ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא כַּ֥ר נִרְחָֽב׃
And He will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou sowest the ground, And bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous; In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
Rashi on Isaiah
And He shall give I.e., the Holy One, blessed be He, shall give the rain for your seed.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Then shall he give, etc., that thou shalt sow, after the death of the King of Assyria.
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Rashi on Isaiah
fat (וְשָׁמֵן) an expression of fat. Therefore, its accent is below (on the last syllable) and it is voweled with a kamatz (tzeireh).
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ככר ═ כר (Gen. 13:10), Plain;30A. V., Pastures. comp. בבת עין═בת עין the apple of the eye (Lam. 12:18). In that day shall thy cattle feed, etc. Such will be the abundance of corn and fruit.31The cattle will feed on the wide plains, which are generally not used for pasture but for corn.
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Rashi on Isaiah
a fattened lamb until the lambs will become fat and wide.
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lamb (כַּר) a lamb. Alternatively, a wide plain. Comp. (Gen. 12:10) “the plain (כִּכַּר) of the Jordan,” (below 32:15) “Carmel,” meaning a wide plain, full of grain.
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