Isaiah 7:19 Commentary: Rashi & Ibn Ezra

וּבָ֨אוּ וְנָח֤וּ כֻלָּם֙ בְּנַחֲלֵ֣י הַבַּתּ֔וֹת וּבִנְקִיקֵ֖י הַסְּלָעִ֑ים וּבְכֹל֙ הַנַּ֣עֲצוּצִ֔ים וּבְכֹ֖ל הַנַּהֲלֹלִֽים׃

And they shall come, and shall rest all of them In the rugged valleys, and in the holes of the rocks, And upon all thorns, and upon all brambles.

Rashi on Isaiah

in the desolate valleys Heb. נַחֲלֵי means valleys, i.e., fallow fields.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah

וְנָחֽוּ And shall rest. Accent on the last syllable; comp. שָֽׂמוּ (Gen. 40:15), וְשָׂמֽוּ (Num. 6:27).
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Rashi on Isaiah

and in the clefts of the rocks to ambush. נְקִיקֵי is synonymous with נִקְרוֹתהַצּוּר.
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