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Commentary for Micah 3:3

וַאֲשֶׁ֣ר אָכְלוּ֮ שְׁאֵ֣ר עַמִּי֒ וְעוֹרָם֙ מֵעֲלֵיהֶ֣ם הִפְשִׁ֔יטוּ וְאֶת־עַצְמֹֽתֵיהֶ֖ם פִּצֵּ֑חוּ וּפָרְשׂוּ֙ כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסִּ֔יר וּכְבָשָׂ֖ר בְּת֥וֹךְ קַלָּֽחַת׃

Who also eat the flesh of my people, and flay their skin from off them, and break their bones; yea, they chop them in pieces, as that which is in the pot, and as flesh within the caldron.

Rashi on Micah

the flesh of My people Heb. שְׁאֵר עַמִּי.
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and opened their bones Heb. פִצֵּחוּ. They opened [them] to take out the marrow. Cf. (Isa.14:7) “They opened (פָצְחוּ) in song” -they opened their mouth in song.
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and broke [them] as in a pot Heb. וּפָרְשׁוּ. They break the limbs as they break the cuts [of meat] in a pot to cook [them]. and broke Heb. וּפָרְשׁוּ, an expression of breaking. Cf. (Isa. 58:7) “To share (פָרֹס) with the hungry”; (Jer. 16:7) “And they shall not break [bread] (יִפְרְסוּ) for them”; (Lam. 1:17) “Zion broke (פֵּרְשָה).”
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a cauldron Heb. קַלַחַת, kaldere in O.F.
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