Commentary for Isaiah 22:18
צָנ֤וֹף יִצְנָפְךָ֙ צְנֵפָ֔ה כַּדּ֕וּר אֶל־אֶ֖רֶץ רַחֲבַ֣ת יָדָ֑יִם שָׁ֣מָּה תָמ֗וּת וְשָׁ֙מָּה֙ מַרְכְּב֣וֹת כְּבוֹדֶ֔ךָ קְל֖וֹן בֵּ֥ית אֲדֹנֶֽיךָ׃
He will violently roll and toss thee like a ball into a large country; there shalt thou die, and there shall be the chariots of thy glory, Thou shame of the lord’s house.
Rashi on Isaiah
He shall wind you around like a turban that surrounds the head, the enemies and oppressors shall surround you.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
צנוף יצנפך צנפה He will surely bind thee together.24A. V., He will surely violently turn and toss thee. According to I. E.: צנף to bind, מצנפת a mitre that is bound round the head.24A. V., He will surely violently turn and toss thee. According to I. E.: צנף to bind, מצנפת a mitre that is bound round the head. Comp. מצנפת mitre (Ex. 28:4). He will take him, together with all his money and wealth.25I. E. infers this probably from the root צנף being repeated thrice.
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Rashi on Isaiah
like a surrounding wall. (כַּדּוּר). Our Rabbis, however, explained it as an expression of a ball, which they call ‘pelote’ in French, which is tossed and caught from hand to hand.
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