Commentary for Judges 5:28
בְּעַד֩ הַחַלּ֨וֹן נִשְׁקְפָ֧ה וַתְּיַבֵּ֛ב אֵ֥ם סִֽיסְרָ֖א בְּעַ֣ד הָֽאֶשְׁנָ֑ב מַדּ֗וּעַ בֹּשֵׁ֤שׁ רִכְבּוֹ֙ לָב֔וֹא מַדּ֣וּעַ אֶֽחֱר֔וּ פַּעֲמֵ֖י מַרְכְּבוֹתָֽיו׃
Through the window she looked forth, and peered, The mother of Sisera, through the lattice: ‘Why is his chariot so long in coming? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots?
Rashi on Judges
Moaning. The word refers to expressing speech, as in "the expression of the lips."49Yeshaya, 57:19. However, the Rabbis50Rosh Hashona 33:b. interpret this as referring to moaning, as in the shofar's "teruah" sound, translated יַבָּבָא, "moan".51Bemidbar, 29:1. In my opinion, the reference is to seeing, as in "the pupil of his eye."52Zechariah, 2:12. This is Menachem's interpretation.
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Metzudat David on Judges
Through the window: She went back to recount in her song about the mother of Sisera peering through the window, to see if her son's chariot was coming. And when she saw that he was not [coming], she wailed bitterly, while constantly peering through the lattice and saying, "Why did his chariot tarry in coming, why so late, etc." And she repeated the matter, as is the way of one wailing on account of a pained heart.
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Radak on Judges
Vateyabev: Sounded. "A trumpet blow," is translated [by Onkelos] as yabava. But Yonatan (in the Targum here) translated [it as], "veodika," which is an expression of peering.
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Rashi on Judges
A window.
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Radak on Judges
Haashnav: It is like a window. And likewise (Proverbs 7:2), "I looked down through my ashnav."
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