Commentary for Isaiah 36:2
וַיִּשְׁלַ֣ח מֶֽלֶךְ־אַשּׁ֣וּר ׀ אֶת־רַב־שָׁקֵ֨ה מִלָּכִ֧ישׁ יְרוּשָׁלְַ֛מָה אֶל־הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ חִזְקִיָּ֖הוּ בְּחֵ֣יל כָּבֵ֑ד וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד בִּתְעָלַת֙ הַבְּרֵכָ֣ה הָעֶלְיוֹנָ֔ה בִּמְסִלַּ֖ת שְׂדֵ֥ה כוֹבֵֽס׃
And the king of Assyria sent Rab-shakeh from Lachish to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fullers’field.
Rashi on Isaiah
near the conduit fosed (fosse) in French, (a ditch, a trench, a moat.)
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the pool A place where water is gathered, dug in the ground by man, in which to put fish. It is long and wide.
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on the road A paved road. (chemin in French.)
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the washer’s field Jonathan renders: A field where the washers stretch out, i.e., where the washers stretch out the garments.
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