Commentary for Isaiah 9:3
כִּ֣י ׀ אֶת־עֹ֣ל סֻבֳּל֗וֹ וְאֵת֙ מַטֵּ֣ה שִׁכְמ֔וֹ שֵׁ֖בֶט הַנֹּגֵ֣שׂ בּ֑וֹ הַחִתֹּ֖תָ כְּי֥וֹם מִדְיָֽן׃
For the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, Thou hast broken as in the day of Midian.
Rashi on Isaiah
For the yoke of his burden The yoke which was a burden to Hezekiah, and that he bent his shoulder for this heavy burden to pay harsh tribute, and the rod with which he had oppressed Hezekiah.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
סבלו His burden. The form of the noun varies.4Our attention is very often called to this rule, as if the author protested thereby against the minute distinctions drawn by some synonymists in cases of nouns of the same root but of various grammatical structure; as, e.g., סׂבֶל and סֵבֶל burden.
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Rashi on Isaiah
have You broken You broke them together in one night.
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