Isaiah 19:6 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃

And the rivers shall become foul; The streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up; The reeds and flags shall wither.

Rashi on Isaiah

And they shall abandon When the water decreases, the mud is noticeable in it, and it becomes a mire and is abandoned.
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

והאזניחו And shall leave.5A. V., And they shall turn far away.. א is epenthetic. והאזניחו נהרות And the people will leave the rivers.6They will leave the rivers, on the fruitful banks of which they had settled, because they are now barren and waste.
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy

Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

דללו They shall be poor.7A. V., Shall be emptied. Comp. דל poor (Lev. 14:21).
Ask a RabbiBookmarkShareCopy