Commentary for Isaiah 48:19
וַיְהִ֤י כַחוֹל֙ זַרְעֶ֔ךָ וְצֶאֱצָאֵ֥י מֵעֶ֖יךָ כִּמְעֹתָ֑יו לֹֽא־יִכָּרֵ֧ת וְֽלֹא־יִשָּׁמֵ֛ד שְׁמ֖וֹ מִלְּפָנָֽי׃
Thy seed also would be as the sand, And the offspring of thy body like the grains thereof; His name would not be cut off Nor destroyed from before Me.
Rashi on Isaiah
like its innards of the sea, like the fish of the sea for multitude.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Thy seed. The number of thy children.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
בטנך═מעיך Thy womb.27A. V., Thy bowels.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
כמעותיו As its bowels. The possessive pronoun refers to the sea, the waves and sand of which have just been mentioned28The sand refers to the sea, mentioned at the end of the preceding verse. Comp. Gen. 32:13. (ver. 18 and 19); by the bowels of the sea the roe of the fish is meant.
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His name. The name of thy seed.
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