Commentary for Isaiah 8:1
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֵלַ֔י קַח־לְךָ֖ גִּלָּי֣וֹן גָּד֑וֹל וּכְתֹ֤ב עָלָיו֙ בְּחֶ֣רֶט אֱנ֔וֹשׁ לְמַהֵ֥ר שָׁלָ֖ל חָ֥שׁ בַּֽז׃
And the LORD said unto me: ‘Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it in common script: The spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;
Rashi on Isaiah
scroll Heb. גִּלְיוֹן, like מְגִלָה. ([Mss. add:] Or a tablet.)
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
גליון. According to some related to מגלה scroll; the י of גליון compensates for the omission of the Dagesh in ל; comp. דליו They are poor (Prov. 26:7).1Our editions have ל ,גִּלָּיוֹן with a Dagesh, like ﬠִוָּרוֹן ,זִכָּרוֹן etc., of the root גלה, the ה being changed into י as in the participle passive Kal גָּלוּי; according to I. E. it is derived from גלל, like רליו from רלל.
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Rashi on Isaiah
in common script In script which any man who reads it can skim through quickly, even a very common man, even if he is not intelligent. In this manner Jonathan renders: in a distinct script.
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