Commentary for Isaiah 34:13
וְעָלְתָ֤ה אַרְמְנֹתֶ֙יהָ֙ סִירִ֔ים קִמּ֥וֹשׂ וָח֖וֹחַ בְּמִבְצָרֶ֑יהָ וְהָיְתָה֙ נְוֵ֣ה תַנִּ֔ים חָצִ֖יר לִבְנ֥וֹת יַעֲנָֽה׃
And thorns shall come up in her palaces, Nettles and thistles in the fortresses thereof; And it shall be a habitation of wild-dogs, An enclosure for ostriches.
Rashi on Isaiah
And its palaces shall grow thorns So is the nature of ruins to grow thorns and briers, and that is ‘kimosh’ and that is ‘choach’; they are all types of thorns, e.g., ortias, (nettles,) and the like.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
ארמנותיה Over her palaces.20A. V., In her palaces. The preposition על is to be supplied. ועלתה סירים And thorns shall come up. Lit., And each of the thorns shall come up.21Comp. Chapter ii. Note 18. סירים Thorns. Comp. Koh. 7:6. קמוש The same.
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Rashi on Isaiah
the habitat of jackals (תַּנִּים) That is a desert, which is usually frequented by ‘tannim,’ which is a species of wild animal.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
תנים Dragons. Comp. Job 30:29.
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חצר ═ חציר A court. Comp. יָשֵׂשׂ (2 Chr. 36:17) ═ יָשִׂישׂ (Job 15:10), old. It can also be taken in its usual meaning: grass.22Comp. Ps. 104:14; Job. 8:12, etc.
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