Isaiah 59:3 Commentary: Rashi, Rambam, Ibn Ezra & More

כִּ֤י כַפֵּיכֶם֙ נְגֹאֲל֣וּ בַדָּ֔ם וְאֶצְבְּעוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם בֶּֽעָוֺ֑ן שִׂפְתֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ דִּבְּרוּ־שֶׁ֔קֶר לְשׁוֹנְכֶ֖ם עַוְלָ֥ה תֶהְגֶּֽה׃

For your hands are defiled with blood, And your fingers with iniquity; Your lips have spoken lies, Your tongue muttereth wickedness.

Rashi on Isaiah

were defiled Heb. נְגֹאֲלוּ, an expression of defilement. Comp. (Mal. 1:7) “polluted bread (מְגֹאָל).”
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

נגאלו Are defiled. The grammatical form of the word is a compound of the Niphal and Pual.2The נ of נגאלו is the characteristic of the Niphal; the Holem in the first syllable that of the Pual; the Niphal being נִגְאֲלוּ, the Pual גּאֲׁלוּ.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

With blood. With murder.
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