Commentary for Job 40:31
הַֽתְמַלֵּ֣א בְשֻׂכּ֣וֹת עוֹר֑וֹ וּבְצִלְצַ֖ל דָּגִ֣ים רֹאשֽׁוֹ׃
Canst thou fill his skin with barbed irons? Or his head with fish-spears?
Rashi on Job
Will you fulfill Will you fulfill your desire and make tents of his skin?
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or a shade of fishes of his head Will you make from his head a shade of fish? This is a repetitious expression.
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a shade Heb. צִלְצַל, a tent of fish. A tent made from his head is called a shade of fish because it is made from him.
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צִלְצַל is ombre in French. It is an expression of shadow, and that is one of the double words, like: green (ירקרק), red (אדמדם) [both in Lev. 13:49], twisted (פתלתל) [Deut. 32:5], tattoo (קעקע) [Lev. 19:28].
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