Commentary for Micah 1:16
קָרְחִ֣י וָגֹ֔זִּי עַל־בְּנֵ֖י תַּעֲנוּגָ֑יִךְ הַרְחִ֤בִי קָרְחָתֵךְ֙ כַּנֶּ֔שֶׁר כִּ֥י גָל֖וּ מִמֵּֽךְ׃ (ס)
Make thee bald, and poll thee for the children of thy delight; Enlarge thy baldness as the vulture; For they are gone into captivity from thee.
Rashi on Micah
Make bald—Make your head bald.
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and crop—your hair. Cf. (Job 1:20) “And he cropped (וָיָּגָז) his hair.” This is an expression of pulling out the hair.
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Rashi on Micah
like an eagle—As the Targum renders. Like an eagle, whose feathers have fallen out. It is customary for an eagle to lose most of its feathers.
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