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Commentary for Lamentations 2:18

צָעַ֥ק לִבָּ֖ם אֶל־אֲדֹנָ֑י חוֹמַ֣ת בַּת־צִ֠יּוֹן הוֹרִ֨ידִי כַנַּ֤חַל דִּמְעָה֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה אַֽל־תִּתְּנִ֤י פוּגַת֙ לָ֔ךְ אַל־תִּדֹּ֖ם בַּת־עֵינֵֽךְ׃ (ס)

Their heart cried unto the Lord: ‘O wall of the daughter of Zion, Let tears run down like a river Day and night; Give thyself no respite; Let not the apple of thine eye cease.

Rashi on Lamentations

Respite. Letting up, tresalement in O.F. [let up], as in, “and his heart grew faint וַיָּפָג.”43Bereishis 45:26.
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Rashi on Lamentations

The pupil of your eye. The black area of the eye which is called preanal [in O.F.].
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